Fans of Colin Farrell's SAG Award-winning turn as The Penguin have been told by the Irish actor that they should not get their hopes up for his return as the iconic DC Comics villain any time soon.
Speaking to Variety's Marc Malkin at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night, Farrell was asked about the prospect of a second series of the HBO hit The Penguin.
"I don't want it. I don't not want it," Farrell told the journalist backstage at the Shrine Auditorium Expo Hall.
"We all left it in the ring in those eight hours. I would hate to, just because of a quote-unquote success, have to go again and for it to be a diluted version of what people seem to feel it is, majoritively.
"So I'm in no rush. I have no deep desire to do it.
"Sure, if they think of something that works in conjunction as a parallel to (The Batman writer-director) Matt Reeves' cinematic universe and it's a good idea, I'm open to it. But it's not something concerning me."
The Hollywood Reporter says that at a press event last Friday, DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran also said another season of The Penguin is up in the air.
"We don't know," Safran said when asked about a second season.
"There are a lot of moving pieces, probably most importantly Colin himself. And 800 pounds of makeup."
Farrell won Best Male Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie for The Penguin at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night.
