“The Penguin” villainess Sofia Falcone could also be rotting away in Arkham Asylum — however actress Cristin Milioti needs nothing greater than to see her award-winning Batman character on the large display screen. After taking dwelling Finest Actress in a Restricted Sequence (or Film Made for Tv) on the 2025 Critics Selection Awards on Friday, Milioti voiced her enthusiasm for filmmaker Matt Reeves’ broader Batman universe.
“I might love nothing extra,” she stated backstage, requested about reprising Sofia for a film. “It’s my wildest dream. The day they name, I’ll be there — like when they’re loading within the base camp vans, you understand what I imply? It will be my wildest dream. I haven’t heard something concrete but, however I might find it irresistible.”
Requested in a follow-up if she had heard something “not concrete,” Milioti laughed and stated, “No, no. They’re secretive, however I might love nothing extra. I might play this character forever.”
Milioti’s “The Penguin” co-star Colin Farrell additionally gained on the 2024 Critics Selection Awards, snagging Finest Actor in the identical class. Their dueling wins come on the heels of Golden Globe nominations for each performers (Farrell gained), and forward of Reeves’ subsequent Batman film with Robert Pattinson because the caped crusader — anticipated in late 2027.
“I don’t know if it’s a lesson discovered. It was extra luck,” Milioti stated when requested what she’d taken away from working on the planet of DC Comics by means of HBO. “I tumbled into one thing may be each shifting and dare I say, artistically daring and likewise nonetheless be leisure and operatic and pop comedian. I feel you may have each, and that’s such a testomony to Lauren LeFranc.”
Talking with IndieWire’s Proma Khosla in January, Milioti speculated on potential future narratives for Sofia and stated, “I don’t know. It simply appeared like there are infinite potentialities of the place she may go. Clearly I might need to see her get out of Arkham. That’s like primary. I don’t need her in there. So I need to see her get on the market, after which precise revenge. Possibly now she could be much more of a unfastened cannon, as a result of earlier than it was fairly targeted on him and gaining energy, however relying on what occurs to her in there, it may very well be a fair bigger goal. I might like to discover that.”