If you’ve seen The Batman, you knew Colin Farrell’s makeup was going to look great even within a longer format, but the design for The Penguin is somehow even more striking.
During a press conference for the film, our question was answered by the man who made it possible. Asked by Dave Karger, the question was posed to the Prosthetics Makeup Designer, Mike Marino: “Can you speak to crafting this now iconic look for Colin Farrell’s Penguin? What inspired your take, and did Matt Reeves or Colin have any input in it?”
“Well, it first started with Matt Reeves, and the moment I spoke to him for the first time, I knew he was an artist. I knew he was very similar to me personality-wise, you know. We are very geeky, and we knew all about Batman, and we knew such fans of film and all of that,” says Marino.
“So, he was trying to describe …