Colin Farrell plays the titular Penguin (whose name has, strangely, been changed from Oswald Cobblepott to Oz Cobb to try and “ground” the series) as mesmerizing and manipulative in this first scene, ...
So! The bar for a grounded Penguin wasn’t a high bar to clear. Thankfully, episode1 of the HBO series—which debuted Thursday night—does just that. Colin Farrell has the character nailed down.