Colin Farrell Says Playing John Sugar in ‘Sugar’ Was a “Moral Palate Cleanser” After ‘The Penguin’

Colin Farrell Says Playing John Sugar in ‘Sugar’ Was a “Moral Palate Cleanser” After ‘The Penguin’

In 2020, Colin Farrell began a six-year back-and-forth between two polar opposite characters, Oz “The Penguin” Cobb and John Sugar. That’s not to say that there aren’t some similarities between the Gotham City gangster in The Penguin and Los Angeles private investigator of Sugar. They’re both cinephiles. They both have a knack for anticipating human…

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#‘The Penguin’ Director Craig Zobel Wrote a Fan Letter to Matt Reeves After Watching ‘The Batman’

#‘The Penguin’ Director Craig Zobel Wrote a Fan Letter to Matt Reeves After Watching ‘The Batman’

In March 2022, Craig Zobel returned home from seeing Matt Reeves’ The Batman during its opening weekend, and he immediately emailed the filmmaker to express his admiration for the superhero crime drama. Mind you, the Emmy-nominated director behind 2021’s Mare of Easttown and 2020’s controversial horror satire The Hunt didn’t know Reeves in the slightest,…

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