John Turturro says he turned down a part in 'The Penguin' because the show features 'violence against women'

• John Turturro declined to return arsenic mobster Carmine Falcone successful "The Penguin."
• He said it was because nan TV bid featured "violence against women."
• Turturro's characteristic successful "The Batman" murdered respective women, and attempted to termination his daughter.

John Turturro declined to reprise his domiciled arsenic mobster Carmine Falcone successful "The Penguin" because nan show featured "violence against women."

The character starred successful Matt Reeves' "The Batman" arsenic Falcone, a powerful fig successful Gotham's criminal underworld who is killed by The Riddler (Paul Dano) because nan gangster is heavy progressive pinch organization corruption successful nan city.

"The Penguin" is group instantly aft nan movie, but features flashbacks involving a younger type of Falcone, played by Mark Strong.

Turturro told Variety he chose not to return to nan domiciled because of nan unit against women successful nan HBO series. "I did what I wanted to pinch nan role. In nan show, location was a batch of unit towards women, and that's not my thing," he said.

Turturro besides discussed his character's unit successful "The Batman," saying, "It happens off-screen. It's scarier that way."

In nan film, Selina Kyle (Zoe Kravitz) discovers that Falcone (who is her father) murdered her mother, and her friend, Annika (Hana Hrzic). Toward nan extremity of nan film, nan gangster attempts to brutally execution Kyle pinch a excavation cue, earlier Batman (Robert Pattinson) stops him.

"The Penguin" showrunner Lauren LeFranc responded to Turturro's comments erstwhile speaking to The Wrap.

She said: "I wholly respect an character who doesn't want to return connected a domiciled for immoderate their individual reasons. I only want group to subordinate our show who are excited and want to further nan communicative we're trying to tell. I deliberation Mark Strong did a really awesome job. He made nan characteristic his ain and besides really honored what John Turturro did."

LeFranc added: "I deliberation it's been established, and Matt [Reeves] and I are successful statement connected this, that Carmine's a very convulsive man and has a convulsive streak against women."

The depiction of unit against women successful movie and TV has go nether scrutiny successful caller years. In 2018, Oscar-winning character Jessica Chastain discussed nan taxable connected X erstwhile criticizing Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill."

She wrote: "When unit against women is utilized arsenic a crippled instrumentality to make nan characters stronger past we person a problem. It is not empowering to beryllium beaten and raped, yet truthful galore films make it their 'phoenix' infinitesimal for women. We don't request maltreatment successful bid to beryllium powerful. We already are."

More recently, contention surrounded "It Ends With Us" successful which Blake Lively plays a florist who finds herself successful an abusive relationship. Critics and fans deed retired astatine nan movie for romanticizing home abuse.

In August, Lively told BBC News it was made "with tons of empathy."

"Lily is simply a subsister and a unfortunate and while they are immense labels, these are not her identity. She defines herself and I deliberation it's profoundly empowering that nary 1 other tin specify you."