Warning: This article contains spoilers fromThe Penguinepisode 4.
Sofia Falcone gets her origin story onThe Penguin, and naturally it involves dear old dad.
Mobster Carmine Falcone was last seen in 2022’sThe Batmanby way of actorJohn Turturro.
Mark Strong’s Carmine Falcone in ‘The Penguin’; John Turturro’s Carmine Falcone in ‘The Batman’.Macall Polay/HBO; Jonathan Olley /Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
Of course," she says.
We certainly weren’t going tonothave Carmine in our story.
We very specifically plotted Sofia’s arc to be interwoven with Carmine’s arc, as well."
Carmine Falcone (Mark Strong) and his children, Alberto (Michael Zegen) and Sofia (Cristin Milioti) in ‘The Penguin’.Macall Polay/HBO
Macall Polay/HBO
“They’re similar ages, but a little bit younger,” she says.
It felt cohesive to me in watching him.
It felt to me like that is her father."
“Who has a voice and who doesn’t?
Whose voice is silenced?”
Thanks to Carmine’s silencing of Sofia, she is now silencing a lot more Falcones in the present.
Like father, like daughter.
