If I’m being honest I’ve been avoiding rumours of baddies in the next Batman movie, it’s getting as bad as the Bond rumours were (and now the Bond villian rumours are!) still, this one just might be worth speculating about.
From all over the web, but grabbed from Moviehole, is the amazing news from left field about who might be up for the role…
Last week, Batman-On-Film reported that Oscar Hopeful Philip Seymour Hoffman [“Capote”] is being touted to star as The Penguin in the next “Batman” film.
Yeah, we heard that too. We just thought that was just wild rumour and speculation…however the site came back with this…
“I live in the Rochester, NY area, which is where Philip Seymour Hoffman grew up”, a scooper tells the site, continuing “The media has been covering his Golden Globe nomination for CAPOTE, and in a recent interview with his old high school drama teacher (who remains close to him) on a local news program, she confirmed that Hoffman has been in talks to take on The Penguin in the upcoming BATMAN sequel and is very interested in the role.”
Wow…Hoffman as the Penguin? Well he certainly has the acting ability, and it could make for a harder, grittier Penguin…but would the whole thing of the Penguin work in this modern Batman?
