Much has been made of Robin Lord Taylor's Penguin, and for good reason. His Cobblepot is multilayered, tragic and convincing, and it's for that reason he remains the series' strongest element.
Sure, the stuff with his mother was odd - as was his relationship with his other relatives - but Taylor has more than made the role his own, providing an onscreen persona few of his co-workers are able to match. Indeed, there's an argument to be made that he's the best live action Penguin we've seen yet, with Danny DeVito himself having praised the actor for his work on the show. That's a pretty impressive feat too, considering the great Burgess Meredith took to the part in the sixties.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
