The Batman changed The Penguin’s name to the very serious sounding Oz Cobb because Matt Reeves felt it was more “grounded” than Oswald Cobblepot

Matt Reeves felt that The Penguin’s real name, Oswald Cobblepot, was just a bit too silly, so he asked DC if he could change it.

The Penguin’s civilian name has been the very extra Oswald Cobblepot for a good number of decades now, but in something as serious as 2022’s The Batman, a name like that might seem a little out of place (though we can of course suspend our sense of disbelief at a man dressed up in bat-themed military gear). So, the character’s name was changed to Oswald Cobb, or Oz Cobb, which definitely doesn’t sound silly at all, and in a recent interview with SFX Magazine (via ComicBookMovie.com), producer Dylan Clark offered a bit of context as to why that decision was made.

“They never got around to changing [The Penguin’s] name in the comics like they did with the Riddler, going from Edward Nigma to Edward Nashton, from an unreal name to a real name,” Clark said. “By doing that they grounded the character.

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