‘The Penguin’: All About Rhenzy Feliz’ Victor Aguilar, His Stutter & The Future He Chose In Episode 3

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SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from Sunday’s third episode of The Penguin on HBO. Unlike Colin Farrell, Rhenzy Feliz didn’t have source material to peruse before accepting the role of Victor Aguilar — The Penguin’s man Friday who ends up saving his boss in episode 3 by driving a car into Nadia Maroni’s henchmen.

Victor is a new creation for HBO’s adaptation about the classic DC villain — which means Feliz, best known for voicing Camilo in Encanto and playing Alex Wilder in The Runaways — had a blank canvas to work from when it came time to create the perfect protégé for Oz.

At least, that’s what Feliz thought before trying out for the role. “Right after I sent in my initial audition, they wanted me to meet Craig Zobel, our director,” recalls Feliz. “I ran through the scenes a couple of times, and then he asked me if I’d ever done a stutter before.

I hadn’t. He said, ‘I know you haven’t prepared, I know you didn’t know this coming in, but do you mind just kind of trying it out to see how it sounds?’ As an actor, you just say yes and run with it.