John Turturro did not return for 'The Penguin' for reasons that include Falcone's recurrent violence against women.

He’s not having it. John Turturro, who was in the 2022 movie “The Batman,” said that he opted out of reprising his role in the HBO spinoff series “The Penguin.” “I did what I wanted to ...

The Penguin talk was just part of a longer interview, in which Turturro also suggested that Severance’s second season would likely be his last with the Apple series. “I didn’t like being in that ...

John Turturro declined to return as mobster Carmine Falcone in "The Penguin." He said it was because the TV series featured "violence against women." Turturro's character in "The Batman" murdered ...

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 ...

Fans accustomed to seeing John Turturro portray Carmine Falcone in Matt Reeves's The Batman were surprised when they learned he would not appear in the recently released The Penguin series on HBO.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link John Turturro declined to reprise his role as mobster Carmine Falcone in "The Penguin" because the show featured "violence against women." ...

John Turturro had a good reason not to reprise his “Batman” role in HBO’s spinoff series “The Penguin.” The Emmy Award-winning actor says he turned down the chance to return to the role ...

While speaking with IGN, The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc previously said that Turturro didn't return because of a scheduling conflict. "John was just unavailable to us," said LeFranc.

John Turturro as Carmine Falcone in Matt Reeves' The Batman. Image: Warner Bros. HBO’s The Penguin has a ton of connections to Matt Reeves’ The Batman, but one is proving more interesting than ...