Colin Farrell on Joining Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix as Comic Book Villain Golden Globe Winners: ‘I Don’t Feel Like I’m Part of That Pantheon’

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The Penguin,” Colin Farrell joins a small circle of just three actors who have earned a Golden Globe for playing comic book villains.

When asked in the Globes press room about joining the ranks of Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix, who were both previously honored for their portrayals of the infamous DC baddie the Joker in “The Dark Knight” and “Joker,” Farrell was effusive in his praise. “You mentioned two actors who are, I think, for my money, two of the most extraordinarily talented and gifted and just brilliant artists in films that I’ve ever had the fortune to observe and be affected by.

What Heath did in Chris Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ was extraordinary, and will will live on for future generations. And what [Phoenix] did with the Joker was as as exemplified by all the awards that he won, in the Oscars.

It was extraordinary. “It was so special, both of them. So to have your name just uttered in the same sentence as those performances, honestly, it’s lovely, but still I’m more of just a fan of it all!