Overview

• In an Entertainment Weekly interview, Margot Robbie said Christina Hodson’s first draft of Birds of Prey featured the Penguin as the antagonist.
• Robbie said Matt Reeves asked that Penguin not be used because he planned to deploy the character in his Batman project, prompting a switch to Black Mask, played by Ewan McGregor.
• Robbie told Colin Farrell she still has that early script on her computer and offered to let him read it.
• Farrell has since played Penguin in The Batman and HBO’s The Penguin, a portrayal that earned him a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination.
• Robbie’s future as Harley Quinn in the rebooted DCU remains uncertain, with James Gunn saying her status will be revealed down the line.