"I was basically covered wrist to ankle," the actor tells PEOPLE of his transformation in 'The Penguin.' "The only things that were me were my hands and feet."

Matt Reeves didn’t start out wanting Colin Farrell to disappear behind a pile of prosthetics. When his discussions with the actor began before the making of 2022’s The Batman, the primary focus was on the inspiration for Oz Cobb,

The producer of the DC series The Penguin , Dylan Clark , addressed the decision to change Ozwald Cobblepot’s name to Oz Cobb in the series. As you might imagine, some fans aren’t happy with the name change.

Colin Farrell had to undergo a complete transformation to play the role of Oz Cobb in HBO’s The Penguin. According to Farrell, that even included adding on a fake crotch. Speaking to People ahead of The Penguin’s premiere tonight,

When Colin Farrell looked in the mirror after donning prosthetic makeup for his role as the title character in the Max series “The Penguin,” he could no longer recognize himself.

The Penguin follows Farrell as his Batman villain who is working his way to the top of the Gotham City underworld. For his role of Oz Cobb, Farrell had to be fully suited up to the point where he looked unrecognizable.