John Turturro says he didn't reprise his role as Carmine Falcone in The Penguin because the series contains too much "violence towards women." Turturro played the villainous Carmine Falcone in 2022's The Batman,

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John Turturro had a good reason not to reprise his “Batman” role in HBO’s spinoff series “The Penguin.” The Emmy Award-winning actor says he turned down the chance to return to the role of gangster Carmine Falcone due to “violence against women.”