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“Penguin”: Behind the decision to kill off one of the drama’s main characters in the finale

Spoiler alert! This story contains details from the season finale Penguin on HBO.

Yes, Oz Cobb managed to regress which – which little.

In one of the final scenes of penguinIn the eight-episode season, Colin Farrell’s character had one last surprise to reveal to fans: No one, absolutely no one, is safe in his increasingly violent orbit.

Despite his love and admiration for young Victor Aguilar (Renzi Feliz), Oz kills his most trusted close friend. For EP/Showrunner Lauren LeFranc, it was important to show the “inevitable quality” of Penguin before it concludes its limited season on HBO.

“Oz has shown himself to be a narcissist and living in his own delusion. He really struggled to receive love and seeks it from his mother, but he never fully trusts people. “In a lot of ways, he’s a broken man. When it comes to Viktor, it was really important to me that Oz killed him – not that he had any reason to, and Viktor did it for him. Victor is like family. However, Victor saw Oz at his weakest, at his most vulnerable. Oz really feels like he needs a level of strength. He can’t have weakness, so he kills Victor.

Lefranc continues: “It’s not because of any fault of Victor’s,” he says. “I think Oz, in that moment, really chose to kill his heart and embrace the monster that he is. It’s a terrible tragedy, and I’ve always looked at our show as a tragedy. I hope people are horrified by what Oz chose to do because there’s no justifiable reason for us to do it, which is always important. I think a lot about who dies and when and what people might think about those deaths. Who has the power in that moment? Who is abusing someone else in that moment to create these dark and terrible justifications?

Fortunately for Velez, he knew from the beginning that his character would not last long in the fictional city of Gotham.

Deadline says: “The first meeting I had with Lauren, we sat down and she told me the whole story of Victor’s character,” he said. “So I knew where we were headed before I even got to New York [where production occurred]”.

At the very least, it helped enrich his personal journey. Says Velez: “I knew the end point of what it was, so I could try to create an arc that would end, and hopefully make it as tragic and amazing as possible.” “Oz doesn’t want any weaknesses. He just experienced what it’s like when someone he cares about is in pain. I think he doesn’t want to feel that vulnerability again, so he might take Victor out now before someone uses it against him.

Velez says the death scene was filmed in the wee hours of the morning on Roosevelt Island in New York City’s East River. In the week leading up to their scene, Farrell would sometimes push the young actor and ask him, “Are you ready for our scene?” “Are you ready for this thing?”

Velez admits: “It was a big deal.” “Colin was good. He was making sure my throat was okay because I was telling him, ‘Do it. Don’t skimp too much. I just wanted to feel real, whatever that was. Am I upset? Not necessarily. I mean, I knew it was going to be a limited series, so I knew it was going to be one and that was it. If there’s a way out, what better way than to go down at the hands of the king himself. And I’ve never died on screen before!

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