I hadn't heard that. But if anyone shows up, it'd likely be Amanda Waller. At least in my opinion.
Warner Bros. Circling David Ayer for DC Comics’ ‘Suicide Squad’
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I hadn't heard that. But if anyone shows up, it'd likely be Amanda Waller. At least in my opinion.
I remember reading - can't say how accurate it was - that WB wanted the Riddler for the 3rd Nolan film but that the director didn't want that character (or the Penguin, for that matter).
Numerous actors were supposed to be playing Mr Nygma but all those rumours needed to be taken with a lot of salt.
I read that Nolan considered the Penguin too fanciful, which suggests he was only familiar with the hugely revisionist Tim Burton version of the character. The Penguin would've worked fine in Nolan's naturalistic universe. In most portrayals, he's basically just a thief or gangster with pretensions of class and refinement, an odd-looking little man who dresses to the nines and strives to appear respectable and elegant. From the Burgess Meredith episodes in the '60s (where he competed with Batman in such roles as a security consultant and a mayoral candidate) to the Iceberg Lounge in the 2000s, his recurring MO has been to cloak his crimes in a facade of legitimacy. It would've been easy to portray him in a grounded, Nolanesque manner.
^Agreed.
I always thought Paul Giamatti would make a great Penguin.
I always thought Paul Giamatti would make a great Penguin.
^ So did I but it looked like a lot of people were angling for Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
My pick for Penguin would be Giovanni Ribisi. He's small in stature. He can be loquacious, dramatic, and cerebral. And he can pull off a suit.
Giamatti seems too cartoony for me. If they wanted to go with something similar to Batman Returns Penguin I'd agree. But that's not who the Penguin is.
The Penguin to me is an intelligent, affluent, dapper person, who hides his criminal activity behind the guise of legitimacy.
Giamatti seems too cartoony for me. If they wanted to go with something similar to Batman Returns Penguin I'd agree. But that's not who the Penguin is.
The Penguin to me is an intelligent, affluent, dapper person, who hides his criminal activity behind the guise of legitimacy.
Bob Hoskins before he died would have made a perfect penguin.
Considering how often he was confused with Danny DeVito, that makes sense.
I didn't realize he'd died, though. I'm sorry to hear that.
I didn't realize he'd died, though. I'm sorry to hear that.
I would love to see a big screen version of Clayface.
I don't know how true it is, but I remember reading somewhere that in one of the early versions of TDK, there was going to at least one scene with an arms dealing Penguin, who was possibly going to be played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
^I read that too but given that PSH had just recently played an arms dealer in Mission Impossible III, I always took it as simply arising from that film.
Will Smith and Margot Robbie apparently gave their cast mates and director David Ayer tattoos. What would SKWAD stand for?
The picture of Robbie in full Harley costume and makeup tattooing Ayer (maybe?) is kind of unnerving. I don't think I'd want Harley Quinn anywhere near me with a tattoo needle.
The picture of Robbie in full Harley costume and makeup tattooing Ayer (maybe?) is kind of unnerving. I don't think I'd want Harley Quinn anywhere near me with a tattoo needle.
SKWAD="squad"?
No doubt. There's also a Twitter image of a sign reading "Harley's Tattoo Parler" with "Parler" crossed out and replaced with "Parlour." It suggests that this Harley is a poor speller. (How do you do strikeout code on this board? I tried putting "s" and "strike" and "strikeout" in brackets, and none of them seemed to work.)
We don't have that functionality.
