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The moment Sofia Falcone goes to that fateful family dinner in that yellow dress The penguinis the fourth episode, “One Hundred Years” Actress Cristin Milioti cemented the character as one of the best Batman villains of all time. Her moment with the canary in the coal mine is one of the best scenes in the series and was co-written by Milioti, penguin Showrunner Lauren LeFranc and director Helen Shaver.
By then, we had seen the events that led to the Mafia heiress being made a scapegoat by her father for the Executioner’s murders and her trauma in Arkham because of him; Only after his death was she freed from his sins The Batman. But even then, her freedom came with more bad juju, no thanks to Oz, as she quickly lost her brother and her drug empire plans in the present. In “Cent’anni” she faced the fact that her family continued to pressure her by sending her to Italy to seize power like so many others before her.
In an interview with IndieWirethe actress shared how much of a teamwork it was to create her dream role as a Batman villain with LeFranc. “Pretty much straight after I registered. “I had an hour-long phone call with Lauren explaining everything to me, and then I submitted the first four scripts,” Milioti said. “I had time to call her and talk to her and really sit with them and study them, and she kind of walked me through the last four, what’s happening, the big events there, but so I caught up with her pretty soon “I got it.” logged in.”
Milioti was ready for anything from the start. “I’m such a huge Batman fan, it’s my life’s dream to be a Batman villain and really be able to show their whole story. For that to come from a woman’s brain – you can just feel it, you can feel it,” she said.
The yellow dress sparked many Reddit threads about where to find it; In fact, it was designed by costume designer Helen Huang specifically for the moment when Sofia comes into her power. “I had 10,000 fittings for this dress,” she said. “We were constantly chatting with Helen about how she could flow most freely and letting you see that body language – this is the first time you’ve really seen her breathing, experiencing joy and lightness… and yet we wanted it all to show the scars, and then we also knew that this gas mask would work at some point, so I wanted to do something with her eyes too, where you could see it through the viewfinder of the gas mask.”
Milioti described Sofia’s performance as a demonstration of her “new war paint” and a signal that “a change has taken place within her.” Combining all of these things was so exciting. And also knowing that we’re building this Batman villain, when can you do that?”
Milioti hopes she can return to the role as often as we all do, as there are “endless possibilities” for where Sofia can go next.
“Of course I would like to see her leave Arkham. That’s like number one. I don’t want her in there. That’s why I want to see her get out of there and then get revenge,” she said. “Maybe she’d be even more of a loose weapon now because she was pretty focused on him before and gaining power, but depending on what happens to her in there, she could be an even bigger target.” I’d like to explore that. “
The penguin is streaming on Max.
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