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Metro
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Colin Farrell had to work '18 hour days' as Penguin transformation wrecked skin
Colin Farrell has spoken about why he could only go through the process of disappearing behind a pile of prosthetics and makeup for The Penguin every other day while filming. Farrell was completely unrecognisable as the DC villain in the hit HBO series, after hours in the make-up chair every morning to transform into the gangster Oz Cobb. The 49-year-old said it took around three hours to turn into the Penguin and he would run lines and listen to music to pass the time. Farrell spoke about the transformation process in a new sit down interview with Danny DeVito – who also played the Penguin in Tim Burton's 1992 film Batman Returns – for Variety. Farrell explained the production would not let him work for two days in a row because his skin would start breaking out under the make-up and prosthetics designed by makeup artist Mike Marino. He told DeVito: 'I'd come in my pajamas every morning, because I just wasn't willing to commit to wearing a pair of jeans. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'The music was already playing; the coffee was ready to go. I'd top up on the lines and the day's work. It was good catch-up time. 'They couldn't work me two days in a row because of the makeup. The skin was breaking out. Most weeks it was three 16-, 17-, 18-hour days.' DeVito went on to say that was a 'cakewalk' compared to his own experience of transforming into the Penguin, which required him to be on set every day for 66 days. Metro spoke to Colin at the time of the eight-part show's release about reprising the role, after he made his debut in the 2022 film The Batman starring Robert Pattinson. More Trending Farrell said he stayed in a hotel room thousands of miles away from his family during filming, which resulted in him becoming 'obsessed' with the project. 'So you lean into that, and you spend most of your waking hours going over it and thinking about it, and thinking about backstory, and thinking about certain scenarios and situations the character might find themselves in that aren't in the script or are. 'All of a sudden it begins to have a life's energy of itself. So it's of you, but outside of you, you know?' he said. View More » The Penguin will return for season 2. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: British acting legend new frontrunner to play Voldemort after Harry Potter casting updates MORE: Harry Potter fans annoyed about casting detail no one's got right in 25 years MORE: Here's why fans think Arabella Stanton as new Hermione is 'perfect casting'
The Irish Sun
13 hours ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Dessie Farrell admits Dublin badly missed Con O'Callaghan as he warns of ‘serious conversation' with players
DESSIE FARRELL has vowed to have a 'serious conversation' with his Dublin players about their costly errors. The Dubs coughed up FIVE points to Armagh for technical fouls at Croke Park — and Advertisement 2 A lot of work to do for Farrell's men in the coming weeks 2 Armagh ran out winners by a score of 0-24 to 0-19 Rory Grugan tapped over three Ocrhard points after Dublin breaches of the four/three rule, as well as a separate two-pointer after a man in blue impeded a player who made a kickout mark. Boss Farrell also winced at the 17 wides in this Group of Death clash. Fuming Farrell said of the series of technical errors: 'It just shouldn't be happening. Whether they're marginal calls or not, we shouldn't be putting ourselves in that position. 'To get done for three, and then we had a breach or a technical foul after a mark in the first half as well which cost us another two points. Advertisement Read more on GAA 'That's five points in total it cost us. At this stage of the competition, against opposition like we're playing, it's just not good enough. 'We'll be having a serious conversation about that.' The 2023 champions are still in the hunt for Sam but have now lost two Championship games in the same season for the first time since 2010 after last month's Dublin struck 11 wides in the second-half alone as they chased holders Armagh's lead. Advertisement Most read in GAA Football They took nine separate pot-shots for two-pointers in the half and scored just two. Farrell said it was a mistake to keep chasing long-range scores and he acknowledged they badly missed Con O'Callaghan. 'Like something out of the French Revolution' - RTE GAA pundit Donal Og Cusack slams Dublin star's reckless swipe King Con Farrell said: 'I think what you're supposed to say in this situation is that it's an opportunity for somebody else. Advertisement 'But when you're dealing with somebody like Con, it's definitely a loss — there's no denying that, there's no getting away from that. 'But that's the challenge we face. We faced it in 2022 when he missed the back end of the Championship and we came up short against Kerry in the semi-final. 'We were prepared for not having him on the pitch today. It's not as if it was a bolt from the blue. 'Ultimately, I think we missed his leadership out there at different times. Advertisement 'Obviously he brings a level of composure and a level of calm that we struggled without at times today. 'We were at odds with ourselves at different stages and to identify the reasons for that is a challenge at this point in time. But perhaps missing Con is a contributing factor.'
Irish Examiner
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Farrell will have a serious talk with players about technical fouls
Dessie Farrell will be 'having a serious conversation' with his team about their technical breaches that cost them five points in their defeat to Armagh. Five points was the final margin and Farrell rued a hat-trick of three-up violations by his side in the third quarter that gave Rory Grugan three handy frees in the space of five minutes as well as a 50-metre mark infraction that he punished with a two-point free in the first half. 'Look, it just shouldn't be happening,' said Farrell. 'Whether they're marginal calls or not, we shouldn't be putting ourselves in that position. Definitely, it's a conversation that was being had earlier in the league, for sure, and everyone was learning and trying to adapt at that stage. 'At this point in time, it should be embedded. Whatever about getting caught on one because of the ebb and flow of the game, or a chase back and a player is out of position, there's an awareness challenge around that at some particular times. But to get it done for three and then we'd have a breach on the fielding and the mark in the first half as well, which costs us another two points. 'So I think at five points in total, that costs us, which is just at this stage of the competition against a position like we're playing, it's just not good enough. We'll be having a serious conversation about that.' Kieran McGeeney insisted Armagh won't be taking the Galway game lightly as much as their top spot and All-Ireland quarter-final spot is guaranteed. 'We've seen that, you can't, because they'll have you going soft. You're playing, to me, one of the top three teams in it. They were narrowly beaten by a point by Dublin, and it was a draw again today. 'Galway, to me, are still one of the top three or four teams in the country. They'll be smart, because they know how good they are. If you go soft to that, you'll both lose players, and you can lose a whole lot of other things as well. We'll just take the same moves we've taken. 'You might be able to get somebody else in and get game time, but the way we do our training is you have to fight for that position. It's not given to you.' Farrell admitted the absence of captain Con O'Callaghan was truly felt. 'I think what you're supposed to say in this situation is an opportunity for somebody else. But when you're dealing with somebody like Con, it's definitely a loss. There's no denying that, there's no getting away from that. But that's the challenge we faced.'
Irish Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Colm Boyle: Dublin get taste of own medicine as Mayo play through nonsense
After an incredible weekend of action, the All-Ireland champions Armagh are the big winners. The fact they have topped the 'group of death' with a game to spare is a huge advantage ahead of an All-Ireland quarter-final. Their win over Dublin was a strange game. At times it looked like it could burst into a belter but for that to happen Dublin needed to be efficient in front of goal. In the end, it turned a bit farcical with Dublin chasing the game and constantly going for two-points shots, which is an anomaly of the scoring arc. I have never seen a Dublin team so wasteful in front of goal; 18 wides completely sucked the life out of them. Incredibly, they also had three breaches of the three-up rule in quick succession that completely killed any momentum they were trying to build. It was probably desperation as much as anything but, at this stage, three breaches is criminal and Dessie Farrell will be furious. Farrell will point to the fact that they had no Con O'Callaghan and losing Colm Basquel early had a big influence on the game along with the wides, and he would be right. But they did get a taste of their own medicine from years gone by with the strength of the opposition bench just being far superior to theirs. What a return Rian O'Neill has made to this Armagh team. He is the x factor that could be the difference between Armagh going back-to-back or not. I can only imagine the lift his return has given his teammates. His striking is one of the greatest sights in football. His two-pointer from play in the first half was a thing of beauty. If he was togged against Donegal in the Ulster final, they would have won that game too. With the likes of Joe McElroy also returning, Armagh's strength in depth is reaching ridiculous levels. Darragh McMullen has also been a superb addition this year. He looks like a player made for Croke Park - he glides across the ground almost effortlessly. Kieran McGeeney will be delighted to have had a run out in Croker too and no doubt they will look at how Dublin caused them problems in the first half in particular with the quick ball inside to their full-forward line. But, overall, the weekend couldn't have gone any better for McGeeney or Armagh. In the other tie in the group, what a game it was between Derry and Galway. It was Gaelic football at its best and with Derry eight points up coming into the closing stages it looked for all the world they were about to win their first competitive game in nearly a year. Pádraic Joyce made some huge calls taking off Paul Conroy, Shane Walsh, Dylan McHugh and Cillan McDaid in the second half and it looked like it was going to pay off when Matthew Tierney goaled to put them one up with the hooter looming, but the draw keeps both teams in the Championship for now. ===== For the past few weeks, Mayo football has been at an incredibly low ebb. The Connacht final defeat to Galway followed by a torrid display against Cavan two weeks later left Mayo followers disillusioned with the team. But that is only half the story, with manager Kevin McStay having to step aside due to health reasons and a quite extraordinary emergency county board meeting making national headlines through the week. It felt like Mayo was under siege. It was a time for leaders to step up. The captain Paddy Durcan's return to the starting team almost a year to the day since he tore his ACL couldn't have been more perfectly timed. Paddy's performance was nothing less than sensational in Omagh. As a player who has suffered that same injury, I know the doubts that flood your mind when you're returning. But it looked like Paddy had never been away. The impact his performance had on his teammates was infectious; when he kicked his first of three scores it seemed as if every Mayo player grew a foot taller. Stephen Rochford, to an extent, ripped up the script. Five changes in total to the team beaten by Cavan with Sean Morahan, Bob Touhy, Conall Dawson, Rory Brickenden and Durcan all coming in and having huge impacts. Five of Mayo's 10 first half scores came from Brickenden, Dawson and Durcan. The most pleasing aspect for Rochford has to be the response to Tyrone closing the gap to a point with 15 minutes to go. Mayo haven't been good in tight games for two years now and they could have easily folded but, on Saturday evening, when the game was in the fire, they outscored Tyrone 1-6 to 0-3. There are a lot of nonsense narratives out there about Mayo football. I heard on plenty of platforms during the week about how it would be the most Mayo thing ever to go to Tyrone and win. If I was a player in that squad, I'd take that as an insult. Even after getting the win, the mundane 'Mayo for Sam' comment was thrown at Pádraig O'Hora in the post match discussion on GAA+ for a cheap laugh. Another stupid narrative that is just cringeworthy at this stage. Whether Mayo can back it up or not is another question. So many teams have struggled to put big performances back to back in this championship and if Mayo are to stay alive, they will have to buck that trend. Like Mayo, Tyrone are unpredictable to say the least but it was a shockingly poor display from them. I honestly thought that the win over Donegal would propel them into this game with massive energy. It was the complete opposite. A crazy Championship continues to leave us perplexed. I can't remember being as frustrated watching a game of football as I was on Saturday for Cork-Kerry. The evidence was there right from the interprovincial games last October that the 50m penalty on any interference on a clean catch from the kickout was shambolic. On Saturday it hit farcical levels. A game with great potential was totally ruined by the constant procession of 50m penalties by referee Derek O'Mahoney. Referees' interpretation of the rule was always going to be a problem. On so many occasions the player penalised could do nothing to get out of the way of his opponent as they charged into him. On the field, Kerry, as expected, had too much firepower for Cork but there were serious issues with Kerry's defence. Their foundations are built on extremely soft ground and if Cork had been more clinical with their goal chances this could have been much tighter. Just as worryingly for Jack O Connor was the sight of Paudie Clifford and Paul Geaney getting injured, added to having no Diarmuid O'Connor in the 26. If the three of them aren't back for an All-Ireland quarter final, Kerry will be under serious pressure.
San Francisco Chronicle
2 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Why 49ers think all-grit, no-glamour tight end Luke Farrell can unleash their All-Pros
The hardest part of Luke Farrell's job is excruciatingly difficult. And the San Francisco 49ers tight end discovered just how challenging it was soon after arriving in the NFL. On Sept. 30, 2021, Farrell, then a rookie with the Jaguars, was given this assignment during his fourth career game: Block the Bengals' 265-pound defensive end Trey Hendrickson, who has since been voted to the past four Pro Bowls. Farrell slammed into Hendrickson. And separated a shoulder joint. Hendrickson 'just turned to me and said, 'I know that hurt,'' Farrell said, laughing. 'I was like, 'Yeah, a little bit.'' Welcome to the world of a blocking tight end, part of a niche NFL group whose members mostly serve as an extension of the offensive line. It's unglamorous and demanding work — few notice when they win their seemingly one-sided battles with hulking defensive ends and hell-bent blitzing linebackers — but it can be lucrative for its top practitioners. Consider Farrell, who has 36 catches for 318 yards and no touchdowns in four NFL seasons. Last year he had 12 receptions for 67 yards and was targeted with six passes during a nine-game stretch. However, those puny numbers translated into big bucks: Farrell signed a three-year, $15.75 million contract with the 49ers in March. Why did the 49ers make Farrell, who ranks 76th among tight ends in catches since 2021, the 26th highest-paid player at the position ($5.25 million annually)? The question flummoxed fans, none of whom have ever selected Farrell in a fantasy football draft. But Farrell is accustomed to being unrecognized and underappreciated beyond locker rooms. 'The greatest compliments I get are respect from peers,' Farrell said. 'That has a high value. But they understand it and they know the ins and outs of everything and what it takes to do this. The average fan may not necessarily know and it's hard to when you've never done it. But when a fan does (understand), you're like, 'OK, they really know their stuff.'' Farrell felt valued by the 49ers shortly after the start of free agency, agreeing to his deal about three hours after the legal tampering period began March 10. The 49ers weren't alone in pursuing him. But they were the most aggressive. And the most generous. 'The Niners wanted to work fast,' Farrell said. 'And they were far and away the best opportunity as far as what they were offering. So it was, at the end of the day, kind of a no-brainer.' The 49ers prized Farrell because he's big (6-foot-5, 250 pounds), durable (he has played in 66 of 68 games) and has the skills to capably fill the No. 2 role behind George Kittle that Charlie Woerner held from 2020-23. Woerner, a sixth-round pick, is a celebrated member of the blocking tight end fraternity who signed a three-year, $12 million deal with the Falcons last year despite collecting 11 catches in four seasons with the 49ers. For head coach Kyle Shanahan, an elite blocking tight end isn't a conventional offensive weapon, but it's a player who allows him to take full advantage of his All-Pro offensive weapons. Asked recently about Farrell's value, Shanahan said Farrell's blocking ability can free up Kittle and running back Christian McCaffrey to run more routes instead of staying in as an extra blocker. 'It's nice when you can have a tight end who is a good blocker not only in the run game, but also in protection,' Shanahan said. 'So he could come in and he could block a (defensive end) and George and Christian could both be on routes. That's something I thought we had a lot with Charlie Woerner.' What can happen when a lesser blocker is tasked with the job? The 49ers found out in their blowout loss to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game in January 2023. Instead of Woerner, Shanahan had tight end Tyler Kroft block Pro Bowl pass rusher Haason Reddick, who easily dismissed Kroft and delivered a hit that tore quarterback Brock Purdy's elbow ligament. 'I think,' Shanahan said, 'a No. 2 tight end in the NFL is huge.' Shanahan isn't the only head coach who has coveted Farrell, who had 34 catches in four seasons at Ohio State and 91 catches in his final three years at Perry (Ohio) High School in suburban Cleveland. Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer offered Farrell a scholarship after he had 15 catches for 226 yards as a sophomore. Seven years later, Meyer, then the Jaguars head coach, was the reason Jacksonville selected Farrell in the fifth round after his five-catch senior season. 'He's great,' Meyer said after Farrell was drafted. 'He'll be an NFL player for a really long time.' Farrell had options if he didn't become an NFL player. He had a 4.5 GPA in high school and was a four-time All-Academic Big Ten pick who had a 4.0 GPA in his final two years. Farrell was a human development and family studies major who wanted to become a physical therapist if his career ended after Ohio State. Instead, Farrell is studying the 49ers' intricate offense and enjoying the process. It has similarities to past systems in which he has played, but the strong emphasis on zone-blocking concepts is different. 'It's, 'This is who we are, this is what we do, this is how we're going to do it,' which is great for a guy like me,' Farrell said. 'I love the detail. I love the expectation of having everyone on the same page.' In March, Farrell's agent called him to relay the 49ers' contract offer when Farrell was driving in southwest Cleveland shortly after the start of free agency. Farrell pulled into a grocery store parking lot to discuss the details and speak with his parents about his decision. It was a validating moment for a No. 2 tight end who has had fewer than two catches in 59 of his 66 NFL games. Farrell was confident he had done stellar work in the shadows, blocking brutes like Hendrickson, but he was also accustomed to going unnoticed. The contract made it clear: He had been seen by a team who saw far more than his stats. 'I knew it was a possibility,' Farrell said. 'It was an exciting possibility. And now that it's real, it's very exciting.'
