Margot Robbie Reveals How Matt Reeves Changed Birds of Prey's Original Villain
Before Colin Farrell's portrayal of Oswald Cobblepot, Margot Robbie nearly faced the DC supervillain in Birds of Prey.
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Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell recently shared an interesting behind-the-scenes story about DC movies. When Birds of Prey was being developed, the original script by Christina Hodson featured Penguin as the main antagonist. However, Matt Reeves, who was working on The Batman, asked the filmmakers to save the Penguin character for his project.
Consequently, the Birds of Prey team replaced Penguin with Black Mask, played by Ewan McGregor. Robbie, who portrayed Harley Quinn, discussed this during an interview with Farrell. She last appeared as Harley Quinn in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad.
Currently, her future with the character is unclear. Gunn has launched a new DC Universe separate from Reeves' Batman saga. The Batman Part II is scheduled for October 2027.
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