I knew he was in it, and kept waiting for him to show up.
I couldn't believe he was the Penguin afterwards.
Kudo's to the makeup team.
I didn't know he was in the film until the credits rolled at the end - even then I had to look up his role on IMDb later. Agreed, unrecognisable.
shareI had a chuckle at the visual gag they do when he does the Penguin "walk".
shareUsually under heavy makeup you can still make out some mannerisms of the actor. I haven't seen a huge amount of films with Farrell but I thought he did a brilliant job of not letting his mannerisms show through.
One reason to go for a name and not a mid50s unknown is that he's going to be in a spinoff tv series. You need a name star for that these days.