Colin Farrell Reveals His Unclothed 'Penguin' Torture Makeup was Anatomically Complete

Irish actor Colin Farrell repeated his physical transformation into The Penguin from "The Batman" for the new miniseries on Max. So complete was the makeup job that a nude torture scene was anatomically correct.

Farrell told Variety that a harrowing scene in which his super-baddie is stripped, tied to a chair, and tortured didn't just feature the Batman villain's visible skin as the carefully placed camera avoided showing too much; the makeup artists went for full realism by attaching a prosthetic penis as well, making the character "anatomically correct."

"I had a velcro piece to stick on, and a nice retro bush," the actor detailed.

The "True Detective" alum also spoke to the novel paradox of being both naked and completely concealed.

"I felt incredibly exposed, even though I was anything but," Farrell said of the layers of full-body makeup that transformed him for the camera. "I was totally covered, but I was covered by a naked man. And it's not like I thought I was him, but it had a very strange effect on my ego."

Farrell's transformation is remarkable, but it entails a huge amount of time in the makeup chair – so much so that Farrell has expressed reluctance to return to the role should there be a second season.

"By the end of it, I was bitching and moaning to anyone who would listen to me that I fucking wanted it to be finished," Farrell said in remarks to Games Radar.

"I tried to remind them that I had 'grumpy gratitude,'" Farrell said, adding that he "really did feel privileged" to add his take on The Penguin to the classic versions personified by Burgess Meredith in the 1960s TV show "Batman" and Danny DeVito's incarnation in the 1992 Tim Burton movie "Batman Returns."

"But by the end of it..." Farrell said, not needing to finish the sentence.

Watch a trailer for the series below.