The Penguin FX artist says Colin Farrell’s look was inspired by iconic ’80s comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit

The Penguin and The Batman FX artist Mike Marino says Colin Farrell’s look as the famous Batman villain was inspired by Bob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

“There was another fantasy character, which was Bob Hoskins in Roger Rabbit. There is some kind of quality there that Matt [Reeves] had interest in that I thought was cool,” Marino told DiscussingFilm. “That also comes from sort of a noir-feeling ’30s type of person because in Roger Rabbit you don’t really know what decade that is. It’s a strange, like, 1930s, ’40s feeling so I think that noir thing came from tahat. And there were real gangsters and we have Al Capone who’s also an influence. ll of these subliminal influences and references are kind of melded into the subconscious.”