Barry King/WireImage Danny DeVito spoke with Colin Farrell, his fellow portrayer of the DC Comics villain the Penguin, forVariety'sActors on Actorsseries DeVito admitted that during the filming of 1992'sBatman Returns, he "lusted after" costar Michelle Pfeiffer, who played Catwoman "Be still my beating Penguin heart," quipped DeVito Danny DeVitois getting candid about former costarMichelle Pfeiffer. In his conversation withColin FarrellforVariety'sActors on Actorsseries, DeVito, 80, admitted that he "lusted" after Pfeiffer while the two were filming 1992'sTim Burton-directedBatman Returns. "She was a goddess," said DeVito, who played the villainous Penguin opposite Pfeiffer's Catwoman andMichael Keaton's Batman. "If I knew she was going to be in a scene that day …" he trailed off. Farrell, 49, quipped, "Did you brush your teeth that morning?" "I got all flushed," responded theIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphiastar. "Put extra makeup on — 'Give me another pound of makeup.' It was very difficult." Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Pfeiffer, now 67, was "just so wonderful. And I lusted after her," DeVito added. He then agreed with Farrell that it was his character, Oswald Cobblepot a.k.a. the Penguin, who was doing the lusting. "I kind of feel like she liked it. She liked Oswald," DeVito said. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. InBatman Returns, Selina Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman rejects Oswald's advances. In 2021, however, DeVito wrote a short story in which the two characters were romantically involved. It was featured in DC Comics'Gotham City Villains, an anthology comic celebrating Batman's rogues gallery. "I got into the fact that I've always been a big fan of Michelle Pfeiffer's, and the Penguin obviously lusts after Catwoman," the Oscar nominee toldEntertainment Weeklyat the time. "So I figured I'd put those two together." Farrell, who played the same role in HBO's dramaThe Penguin, which aired last fall, asked DeVito if he'd play the DC Comics villain again. "Absolutely," answered DeVito. "You can go off the rails with something. The operatic element of Tim Burton'sBatman Returnswas my favorite thing about it — the music and sets and the whole thing. The Shakespeare of it — 'All the world's a stage.' Oswald's realm and his penguins and his minions and his passion. I loved that." Brian J Ritchie/Hotsauce/Shutterstock DeVito later added that his character "would be very content" within his sewer kingdom inBatman Returns— "as long as I could get Catwoman to visit me every once in a while: Be still my beating Penguin heart." After a recent guest star role in acrossover episode withAbbott Elementary, DeVito will continue as a main cast member ofIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, airing its 17th season beginning July 9 on FXX. Following his 2024 seriesThe PenguinandSugar, Farrell will next star in Kogonada'sA Big Bold Beautiful Journey(in theaters Sept. 19) and Edward Berger'sThe Ballad of a Small Player. He will also reprise his role as the Penguin in theplanned sequelto Matt Reeves' 2022 hitThe BatmanstarringRobert Pattinson. Read the original article onPeople
