The Penguin's Cristin Milioti has the perfect counterpoint for everyone who dunks on Batman Forever and Batman and Robin

The Penguin actor Cristin Milioti
(Image credit: Warner Bros.)

The Penguin standout Cristin Milioti, who plays crime boss Sofia Falcone (AKA 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Hangman) on 🐲the HBO series, is earning some serious Bat-cred with her defense of the oft-criticized Batman movies from director Joel Schumacher.

"It's very campy," Milioti tel🔥ls about her thꩵoughts on 1995's Batman Forever and its follow-up Batman & Robin. "I love the camp element of Batman."

Milioti adds, "You're dealing wi꧙th a slight level of camp whenever꧂ you're talking about someone putting on a costume and taking into the night. That's been one of the things I've loved about it, and the style of Gotham."

Batman Forever and Batman and Robin sidestepped the gothic-like take of Tim Burton's 1989 classic and Batman Returns sequel in favor of a more camp, cartoonish portrayal of Batman and his rogues' gallery. While Batman Forever was a box office success, Batman and Robin struggled with audiences – but the pair of movies ha🔯ve since bee🦩n re-appraised as outlandish cult classics.

The Sofia Falcone acto💝r – who has also appeared in the likes of The Sopranos and Black Mirror – lasered in on Batman Forever, which starred Val Kilmer as Batman alongside Tommy Lee Jones' Two Face and Ji🐓m Carrey's Riddler, as a childhood favorite.

"Batman Forever hit when I was maybe 10. The [Tim Burton movies] were deeply seminal… but I was obsessed with Batman Forever", Milioti said. "I think I found it thrilling and exciting, and it was cartoony. It's larger-than-life and neon. Everyone's going for broke. Jim Carrey's Riddler is going for it. I know it's not one of the more celebrated ones – and I totally get iꦆt – but, for like a 10-year-o𒁏ld, I was so into it."

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