There is no doubt that some this penguin What has everyone who has seen the show talking is Sofia Falcone’s stunning performance Cristin Milioti. She has been stealing the show since the very first episode of the MAX series. Followed directly by the very crowded this penguin I had the opportunity to sit down during a panel discussion at New York Comic Con 2024 Christine mega What motivates Sofia Falcone?
My first question is how Cristin Milioti compares Sofia to other characters she’s played like Betsy Solverson . Fa Ge, Sarah is palm springs or girl in onceif that attracts her to the role. She replied: “Of course, there was an opportunity to do something different, but everything about this character attracted me. Her character is so complex. Milioti is a huge fan of Batman, which made her very passionate about the character.” Interested. “I’m a huge Batman fan, so I’m excited to even be in this universe. Playing a villain, it’s just a multi-layered villain. It’s a dream. There’s not a world I wouldn’t Jump into it.
Milioti talks about how she was cast as ‘Sofia Falcone’ this penguin. “They contacted me and I met with them. We talked for hours. I did a screen test Colin Farrell For the DC gods. It worked out, so that’s good.
In pre-production, there were “endless discussions. This is something we discovered together. You know, I can’t praise (showrunner/executive producer) Lauren (LeFranc) enough. I think she Her brain and heart are so special that she created this world and created this character. “She knew where she was going and it gave me a lot of strong feelings, and it was really a collaboration between me and her. It felt like there was a very open discussion going on all the time. “
The fourth episode this penguinwhich focuses on Sophia’s tragic origins. I’m glad it aired before this interview because it allowed Cristin Milioti to delve deeper into her character without giving away any spoilers. “Sofia is such a great example of how you can be driven crazy, how the world can drive someone crazy, and how pain can drive people to do terrible things,” the actress said. This is the world we live in. I always feel like the villains of the world and Batman himself are recovering, but they’re not actually recovering, but they’re trying to make sense of the terrible things that happened to them. There’s a thin line between Bruce Wayne sewing a leather cape in his giant garage and The Riddler making a costume, obviously, all the movies do the same. exploration. But what she does so well is show how someone can be broken down and trapped in a different version of Batman that, well, I guess in Keaton.batman) Joker, you see him slowly going crazy. For Heath Ledger, his past is a mystery, and that’s a happy place to be. It changes a little bit, but I love that we get a chance to show someone’s full lineage. You understand the sin and it’s so exciting.
For Cristin Milioti, Gotham’s authenticity sets it apart from other superhero cities. Milioti added: “I think that’s one of the reasons I love it. Because it’s the villains, it’s the world, but you can see their origin stories. I feel like origin stories have been thrown out there a lot, But you do, and it’s exciting. I really like Batman because it’s always been a stand-in for New York, and he doesn’t have superpowers. . It’s the madness that drives them, and it feels like he’s in the world of the movie to feel present without having to see anyone fly or anything. I love that aspect of it.
What is involved in the portrayal of Sofia Falcone? She’s definitely different, but also kind of the same, like when she first appeared in ” Batman: Dark Victory. Milioti said: “Early on, even in my initial meeting with Matt Reeves and Lauren, when I met with them, I did some preliminary Internet research and then I asked ‘Who is this? I read a lot about her but I didn’t go out and buy the comics because I wanted to know, ‘What should I cling to and what shouldn’t I cling to? ” They both said, “You know, we’re going in a different direction. You can read the comics if you want, but we’re doing something very different. So I decided not to do that and really focus on Law.” What Lun wrote. I know there are some common elements and some are subverted, but I really just tried to focus on that world as much as possible. That’s another wonderful aspect of doing a long story like this that you really get to explore with her. These different levels, you can’t get that in a movie.
Cristin Milioti encourages viewers to revisit show’s first three episodes Penguin After watching the fourth episode. The actress continued, “You’ll see, one of my favorite parts of episode four, is you get to see who she was before this happened. My hope is that if you go back and watch the first Episode three, knowing what’s going to happen next, you see how she talks and moves and the little things she says where people are like I don’t know what that is yet, even though they’re smoking outside the club. Will also say: “I am not an executioner. “That night, one of my friends said, “When I heard the news, I was like, ‘What? Okay. I guess I’ll figure it out. I love stuff like this. Or she wakes up every day. Scratching herself in the closet. You don’t know why she did it until four o’clock. It makes me shudder to think of it. It’s very rare that you can plant these seeds and see them bloom.
Every time I watch a mafia movie or show, I think about whether the actors worried they would perpetuate negative Italian stereotypes when considering accepting the role. Milioti laughed it off, saying: “Sorry, but no, I didn’t think about it until now. I was just so excited.
Cristin Milioti praised showrunner Lauren LeFranc. “We have a really good producer. You never know how people are going to receive things. I’ve been working long enough now that you never know. You can never predict what people are going to react to and what will Touching people. I do feel like it’s so incredibly special to read these scripts and you just don’t know what’s going to connect to you; you want other people to care about it. There’s definitely that. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a lot of attention, but that comes with its own set of pressures as far as day-to-day navigation when it comes to shooting. You just ignore it, or I do, but that’s always, you think about it.
Is this the last time we see Sofia? this penguin pack? Milioti replied: “I hope not, because I love her. If I said anything, I would have a laser pointer on my head. I love her, and I love her selfishly.
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