The Original Villain Plan Margot Robbie told Colin Farrell that the first draft of Birds of Prey featured the Penguin as the main threat. She said Christina Ho

Farrell, who portrays Oswald 'Oz' Cobblepot, a.k.a. the Penguin, in The Batman (2022) and the HBO series The Penguin (2024), was surprised to learn that his character was originally intended to appear in Robbie’s Birds of Prey film. As Farrell explained that their characters: