Overview
- Robbie told Entertainment Weekly that an early Christina Hodson draft pitted Harley Quinn against the Penguin until Matt Reeves asked the team not to use him.
- Birds of Prey subsequently switched its antagonist to Black Mask, portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the 2020 release.
- Colin Farrell reacted with surprise in the joint interview, and Robbie said she still has the Penguin draft and could share it with him.
- Reeves later centered the character in The Batman and HBO’s The Penguin, a turn that earned Farrell a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination.
- Robbie’s future as Harley Quinn in the rebooted DCU remains undecided, as James Gunn says her status will be revealed later and Robbie reports she has heard nothing yet.