John Turturro did not return for 'The Penguin' for reasons that include Falcone's recurrent violence against women.

The Penguin, a series set in Gotham’s crime-ridden streets, has fans buzzing with anticipation. One of the biggest surprises? Mark Strong stepping in to play the infamous mob boss, Carmine Falcone, ...

"Initially, did we want to be able to have John come back and be Carmine Falcone? Of course," she ... sort of gravitas and ferociousness, that Mark Strong actually does have." ...

Carmine Falcone died at the hands of the Riddler ... That means he was recast for the flashback scenes in episode 4, and Mark Strong ended up replacing him for the series. I’m an Entertainment ...

While he might be unrecognisable beneath all the makeup and prosthetics, Colin Farrell is the actor playing Oz/ The Penguin ...

John Turturro says he didn’t reprise his role as Carmine Falcone in The Penguin because the series contains too much ...

There’s another loose end from The Penguin that could very well be picked up in The Batman 2. For all the bodies left in Oz’s ...

Macall Polay/HBO; Jonathan Olley /Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Mark Strong's Carmine Falcone in 'The Penguin'; John Turturro's Carmine Falcone in 'The Batman' Related: Building Batman's ...