As Oz strangles Victor to death, he explains that he can’t have any weaknesses. His regard for Vic is a weak spot that could be exploited by other enemies in the future. So he eliminates that chance by killing Vic himself. “He really loses his humanity by the end,” LeFranc said, “or any inkling that he had of it.”

Part of the reason Colin Farrell wanted to pursue a television series about Oz Cobb (a.k.a. The Penguin) is because the character “kind of was a little bit of comic relief” in The Batman, the actor explains in a new interview with SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show With Julia Cunningham.

Colin Farrell has "heard" The Penguin will feature in 'The Batman 2'. The 48-year-old actor played Oz Cobb and his villainous alter ego in 2022's 'The Batman' and reprised the role for an HBO spin-off series,