Magpie’s look in The Penguin appears like a nod to the Arkham Asylum: Living Hell miniseries, the place after a prolonged absence from the comics, she reappeared as Poison Ivy’s cellmate at Arkham. She will get a equally grim destiny to her live-action counterpart, finally being murdered by Tally Man II alongside different Penguin goons, together with Orca, the Ventriloquist and Scarface, and KGBeast. That was sometimes short-lived as a result of Black Lantern finally resurrected her. The New 52 Magpie was a part of the Secret Society of Super Villains, whereas Rebirth Magpie was briefly a part of the Suicide Squad earlier than a botched mission towards the Revolutionaries led to her being killed by Thylacine.
The Penguin is way from Magpie’s first on-screen look, having featured within the animated Beware the Batman, the place she was reimagined as Margaret Sorrow and voiced by Grey DeLisle. In phrases of live-action, Sarah Schenkkan performed Magpie in Gotham and Rachel Matthews portrayed her in The CW’s Batwoman. The character additionally appeared in promo artwork for the Harley Quinn animated sequence however hasn’t popped up but. Instead, Magpie had a non-speaking position in Hell Yeah, Kite Man! and was based mostly on her pre-The New 52 design. Having solely featured fleetingly in a handful of episodes (and a background look in The Lego Batman Movie), The Penguin is by far Magpie’s most outstanding look thus far.
Botha mentioned what it was like enjoying Magpie to Screen Rant, explaining how she purchased each comedian that featured the character and tried to channel that into her position. “She has a penchant for shiny things, so I made Sofia a shiny thing to her,” mentioned Botha. “Sofia is famous, polished, wealthy, all things Magpie wants with her whole heart, so crafting that desperation and yearning into her attempts at befriending Sofia was a large part of the work I did.” The actor went on to say Magpie’s comedian guide resurrection, and saying that “anything’s possible,” concluded, “There is a part of me that feels not quite ready to say goodbye to Magpie just yet.”
Matt Reeves’ The Batman established main villains like Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz), the Riddler (Paul Dano), and Penguin whereas additionally hinting at a lot greater mythos by comparatively unknown villains just like the Trigger Twins (Charlie and Max Carver). The Penguin continues this because of potential nods to Clayface, Mister Bloom, and Scarecrow, with the newest episode additionally giving us its personal tackle Batman: The Animated Series’ Summer Gleeson. As we head towards season 1’s endgame, there are excessive hopes that The Penguin might even give a tease of who would be the huge dangerous of The Batman Part II. Sadly, Magpie’s time within the Reeves-verse has already come to an abrupt finish.
