Colin Farrell 'fought valiantly' for his character Penguin to smoke in upcoming film The Batman

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Colin Farell tried to defend his character Penguin's longtime smoking habit in the upcoming film The Batman.In a new interview for Jake's Takes the Irish actor, 45, revealed he made a case for Penguin to appear with his typical top hat, monocle, and cigarette.'I fought valiantly for a cigar,' he said, but ultimately the studio ruled against it.

No cigar:Colin Farrell tried to defend his character Penguin's longtime smoking habit in the upcoming film The Batman'Big studios make big decisions around such things as the presence of cigarettes in films,' he explained.Colin added that he tried to compromise by suggesting he keep the stick unlit. 'I fought valiantly for a cigar.

At one stage I said, "I can have it unlit! Just let me have it unlit,"' he detailed.'They were like, "No." [As if] a bunch of 12-year-olds are going to start smoking Cuban cigars because [the Penguin is smoking cigars in a movie],' Farrell remarked.

Creative suggestion: In a new interview for Jake's Takes the Irish actor, 45, revealed he made a case for Penguin to appear with his typical top hat, monocle, and cigaretteDisney stopped featuring characters with cigarettes and cigars back in 2007.The smoking ban later extended to Lucasfilm, Marvel and Pixar offerings in 2015, Varietyreported.The latest iteration of the Batman franchise will show Penguin asOswald Cobblepot, his identity before becoming the well-known villain.For the role Colin underwent an elaborate transformation that included getting prosthetics.