John Turturro had a good reason not to reprise his “Batman” role in HBO’s spinoff series “The Penguin.” The Emmy Award-winning actor says he turned down the chance to return to the role of gangster Carmine Falcone due to “violence against women.”

The Batman actor turned down role in The Penguin due to HBO show’s ‘violence against women’ - ‘That’s not my thing,’ actor candidly declared

In the show, there was a lot of violence towards women, and that’s not my thing,” John Turturro said about why he didn't reprise his "The Batman" role in "The Penguin."