Four actors have joined the Batman-themed series Gotham according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ben McKenzie will play a young police officer James Gordon in the Fox series.
Robin Lord Taylor will play a young Oswald Cobblepot, who grows up to become Batman arch-villain known as the Penguin, described as “having the brains of a chess grandmaster and the morals of a jackal who is a low-level psychopath for gangster Fish Mooney who hides his sadistic lust for power behind an exquisitely polite demeanor.”
Zabryna Guervara will play Captain Essen, Gordon’s boss as Gotham City Police Department. No word on if this is based on Sarah Essen. (In comics Captain Sarah Essen became Gordon’s second wife but was killed by the Joker.)
Sean Pertwee will play Alfred Pennyworth, devoted butler to the young Bruce Wayne the character called “a tough-as-nails ex-Marine from East London, who has loyally served the Wayne family. Now, in the wake of their tragic deaths, he is fiercely protective of the young Bruce Wayne.”
Erin Richards plays Barbara Kean described as “a sophisticated ER doctor, who is engaged to marry Gordon. She’s joyful but with an edge of vulnerability who stands by her future husband … which can be difficult in a world as corrupt as Gotham.”
The series will include more classic villains including Catwoman, Riddler and Joker. Young Bruce Wayne has not been cast.
By Editor