16 Perfect Superhero TV Show Casting Choices That Nailed Their Characters

Again, this is another casting in the Batman prequel series that you can't help but just love. It may help that Robin Lord Taylor is just such a lovely presence off camera, but even then his convincing portrayal of the ostensible King of Gotham is just too good not to admire.

A departure from the more repulsively appropriate portrayal offered by Danny DeVito in Tim Burton's Batman Returns, Taylor's iteration of the Penguin is far more subdued. Unhinged, yes, but just a little less extravagant. This Cobblepot is far more impulsive and maniacal than Burgess Meredith's as well, embodying a poverty-stricken interpretation that does away with the family's historically influential past. It works though, and Taylor's performance gives it the necessary edge to do so.

He's far from being all doom and gloom however, as the character is given plenty of comedic moments to somewhat offset his more macabre elements.