John Turturro says he didn’t reprise his role as Carmine Falcone in The Penguin because the series contains too much “violence towards women.” Turturro played the villainous Carmine Falcone in 2022’s The Batman,

The Batman was a fantastically dark and fresh take on the story of The Dark Knight, building a new Gotham with deep, rich characters, who we couldn’t wait to see explored further. While we will have two wait nearly two more years to see the main story continue in Part II ,

John Turturro said he decided not to return as Carmine Falcone in "The Penguin" as there's "a lot of violence towards women, and that's not my thing."

Turturro said he was okay with the violence in "The Batman" because it "happens off screen." John Turturro is game for gritty material, but he has to draw a line somewhere. "I did what I wanted to with the role,

"Do you stick it out, or do you run away?" John Turturro asks. When it came to his brother Ralph, Turturro remained by his side through his struggles with mental illness and his battle with cancer. Every time Ralph underwent another round of radiation,

HBO’s The Penguin has a ton of connections to Matt Reeves’ The Batman, but one is proving more interesting than others. In Reeves’ film, John Turturro played crime boss Carmine Falcone, a character who returns in flashbacks for The Penguin.

Last month, The Penguin premiered on HBO to rave reviews. The DC series starring Colin Farrell as the titular criminal character is a spin-off of WB’s 2022 The Batman. However, while Farrell returned for the series,

We’re more than halfway into The Penguin ’s run on HBO, and along with Colin Farrell’s Oswald Cobb being placed front and center, we’ve also seen some other fellow The Batman alums briefly reprise their roles.