While director Matt Reeves was developing "The Batman," his epic superhero movie starring Robert Pattinson as the Dark Knight, he ran into a problem — he had too much story. At the time, the filmmaker asked Warner Bros.

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.”

The successful series, which was developed by Lauren LeFranc and produced by Reeves, is set two weeks after the end of The Batman, in which Cobb plays the Falcone and Maroni families off against each other in a power grab following the death of mob leader Carmine Falcone.

With The Penguin acting as the “bridge” to The Batman 2, one of its best characters may return in a major role in the sequel.

In the show, there was a lot of violence towards women, and that’s not my thing,” John Turturro said about why he didn't reprise his "The Batman" role in "The Penguin."

The Batman star John Turturro has revealed why he didn't reprise his role as Gotham crime lord Carmine Falcone in the new HBO spin-off show The Penguin. "I did what I wanted to with the role," said Turturro in an interview with Variety.