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See photos, quotes and trivia of Danny DeVito as the deformed and vengeful villain Penguin in the 1992 superhero film Batman Returns. Find out how he clashes with Batman, Catwoman and Max Shreck, the corrupt businessman.
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Early Life
Oswald was born to the privileged Cobblepot family on December 23rd, 1950. His father, Tucker, was a prominent District Attorney and his mother, Esther, was active in the DAR. Esther gave birth to Oswald in the halls of Cobblepot Manorin the snow blanketed neighborhood of Asbury Park. Oswald's parents, the wetnurse, and the doctor reacted in shock and horror at the monstrously deformed baby boy. In particular, Tucker after rushing to his wife's bedroom screamed in horror, while the wetnurse f...
Revenge on Gotham City
Thirty-three years after his birth, Oswald set his sights on a multimillionaire named Max Shreck, who, after the fall of the Grissom Mob, had become the most powerful man in city, but by seemingly "legitimate" means. To arrange Shreck's kidnapping, Oswald had the Red Triangle Gang attack Gotham Plaza. Penguin observed the onslaught from the safety of a sewer grate, where he watched Max flee from his henchmen. Oswald then ran to another area where Max stood above one of the gang's secret sewer...
The Kidnapping of the Mayor's Son
Shreck arranged for the Penguin to "rescue" Mayor Roscoe Jenkins' Son from an Acrobatic Thug. The plan worked, and Penguin became a hero to all, with the exception of a suspicious Bruce Wayne. After he found out his original birth name of Oswald Cobblepot (as well as the names of Gotham's first born sons), Penguin went to visit the cemetery where his biological parents were now buried and placed roses on their grave out of respect, telling Gotham's citizens that he forgave them for their aban...
Physical Appearance
The Penguin is depicted with a heavyset yet diminutive appearance, which alongside his beaked nose and his flipper-like hands give him a resemblance to a penguin, hence his nickname. It's heavily implied his stunted appearance, nose, and hands had its roots in the deformities that he had been born with. He also had disheveled hair and sunken eyes, presumably from either the harsh conditions of being raised as a freak show member or his deformities by birth. He had sharp teeth, which he demons...
Personality
In stark contrast of his comic book counterpartwho prides in being a gentleman, this version of Penguin is a tragic but mentally unstable, petty, vindictive, murderous, depraved, bitter, hate-driven, and somewhat animalistic sociopath who even developed signs of homicidal tendencies as a baby. He is also shown to have man child-like qualities such as flying into a terrible rage when things didn't go his way due to the lack of actual parental figures in his early life, given that those who rai...
Danny DeVito as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin: Abandoned at birth due to his hideous appearance by his aristocratic parents, he spends his life living in the sewers of Gotham City. He eventually r...Universal's Stage 12 housed the Penguin's underground lair, an enormous tank that was filled with half a million gallons of water and a simulated ice floe island. In order to create Penguin's bird...In the unmade fifth film titled Batman Unchained, the Penguin would have reappeared as a hallucination created by the Scarecrow's Fear Gas. He, along with other villains from the series, would have...The character debuted a year after DeVito played Herb Powell on The Simpsons. much like the Penguin, Powell was a first-born son, was not raised by his biological parents and discovered he had a lo...Penguin's hands were sculpted by Greg Cannomdue to the work schedule of Winton's studio being fully booked.In Tom Mankiewicz's script for WB's first movie, it featured the Penguin described as "a tall, proper-looking, thin man". This concept was later used in versions seen in Gotham and Batman: The Tell...Recent comic stories depict the Penguin as a July-born baby, though this version is clearly not a newborn on his "first Christmas." His birth certificate says he born on the 23rd, the day before Ch...Robin Williams and Danny DeVito were considered to play rogues Riddler and Penguin, respectively. Despite pressure from Warner Bros. to finalize a script and begin filming, Batman director Tim Burton remained uncertain about directing a sequel.
Aug 26, 2022 · In a lie detector test for Vanity Fair, DeVito said he loved Colin Farrell but his Penguin in "Batman Returns" was superior. He praised his own performance as a whirlwind of full-tilt vice and sexuality in Tim Burton's gothic camp style.
With Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken. While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.
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Jun 23, 2022 · We take a look at Penguin from Batman Returns, and the iconic performance brought to the screen by Danny Devito.
Apr 23, 2022 · Danny DeVito was not the first choice for the Penguin in Batman Returns, but Tim Burton's vision of a tragic and grotesque villain convinced him to take the role. The director showed DeVito a painting of a penguin boy and promised him a chance to showcase his dark humor and range.
