Overview

• In a new Entertainment Weekly interview, Robbie said Christina Hodson’s first draft positioned the Penguin as the antagonist in Birds of Prey.
• She recounted that Reeves told them not to use the character, prompting a switch to Black Mask, who was played by Ewan McGregor in the 2020 release.
• Robbie and Colin Farrell noted they never discussed their Gotham roles on set despite playing Harley Quinn and the Penguin in separate projects.
• Farrell debuted as Oswald Cobblepot in The Batman (2022), later led HBO’s The Penguin (2024), and is reported to return in The Batman Part II.
• The disclosure highlights DC’s coordination of character usage across films and series to align with director-driven plans.