"The Penguin" showrunner Lauren LeFranc "completely respects" John Turturro's choice not to be in "The Batman" spinoff series

"Do you stick it out, or do you run away?" John Turturro asks. When it came to his brother Ralph, Turturro remained by his side through his struggles with mental illness and his battle with cancer. Every time Ralph underwent another round of radiation,

John Turturro says he didn’t reprise his role as Carmine Falcone in The Penguin because the series contains too much “violence towards women.” Turturro played the villainous Carmine Falcone in 2022’s The Batman,

The Batman's John Turturro explains why he didn't return as Carmine Falcone, but it doesn't match the reason given by the producers of The Penguin.

While speaking with Variety about his new movie The Room Next Door (which will open wide in the United States early on in the 2025 movies schedule ), Turturro briefly mentioned that he didn’t feel like returning for The Penguin because he didn’t care for the subject matter involved. In his words:

However, while Farrell returned for the series, another actor, John Turturro, didn’t. And he recently said it’s because he doesn’t have time to do everything and he wasn’t into all the violence directed towards women in the series. Directed by Matt ...

Showrunner Lauren LeFranc responds after the actor says he turned down The Penguin in part because of the show's amount of "violence towards women."