https://screenrant.com/video/the-penguin-carmine-falcone-recast-explained/

John Turturro played Carmine Falcone in The Batman before being replaced by Mark Strong in The Penguin (https://screenrant.com/db/tv-show/the-penguin/).

John Turturro on Why he Turned Down "The Penguin"
by Ryan Coleman
October 23, 2024


John Turturro is game for gritty material, but he has to draw a line somewhere.

"I did what I wanted to with the role,” he told Variety of his crime boss Carmine Falcone in 2022's The Batman. But for the upcoming spinoff series, "The Penguin", "There was a lot of violence towards women, and that’s not my thing.”

But he found The Batman's Falcone tolerable because the violence he inflicts "happens off-screen and it’s scarier that way," he reasoned.

https://ew.com/john-turturro-declined-the-penguin-due-to-violence-towards-women-8733319