Showrunner Lauren LeFranc responds after the actor says he turned down The Penguin in part because of the show's amount of 'violence towards women.'
). It was initially reported that the role was recast due to scheduling conflicts, but in a new interview, Turturro explained he didn’t reprise the character in part because of the amount of violence against women in theabout his turn as the Batman villain. “In the show, there was a lot of violence towards women, and that’s not my thing.”, and is revealed to have killed his daughter Selina Kyle’s mother before the events of the movie, the violence “happens off-screen,” Turturro said.
“Carmine in the movie killed Selina Kyle’s mother and then does try to actively kill Selina, and also kills Annika — Selina’s friend,” LeFranc explained to. “I think it’s been established, and Matt and I are in agreement on this, that Carmine’s a very violent man and has a violent streak against women.
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