Turturro was unable to return to the role for The Penguin, so instead, the flashback sequences are played by the upcoming Dune: Prophecy star, Mark Strong. Mark Strong is no stranger to playing ...

Mark Strong will be essaying the nefarious Gotham City mobster Carmine Falcone in the upcoming series. He has replaced John Turturro , who we saw as Falcone in the 2022 Matt Reeves movie, The Batman .

Carmine actor John Turturro was not able to reprise his role from The Batman in The Penguin. That means he was recast for the flashback scenes in episode 4, and Mark Strong ended up replacing him ...

“Well, practically, John was just unavailable to us,” The Penguin show runner Lauren ... but honestly I’m so thrilled that we brought Mark Strong on. I think he’s really good.

In fact, Reeves notes in the interview that some elements from the original Gotham PD project made their way into The Penguin – and the team isn't done yet. "There's another television ...

So his schedule made it really tricky for us. But honestly, I think what Mark Strong did was so exceptional. It would've been great to have John, but I'm really excited for people to see what Mark ...

“The Penguin” is ready to take us back to Gotham ... Michael Kelly as Johnny Vitti and Theo Rossi as Dr. Julian Rush. Mark Strong also appears in the show. Jacob Bryant is an Audience Writer ...

However, in the upcoming series The Penguin, which takes place in the same fictional universe as The Batman, Mark Strong will be playing the character. As fans have been speculating on why the ...