Gotham TV Series Wiki: 'Homeland' Actress Joins Batman Origins TV Cast; Plus Find Out What Catwoman, Penguin, And Fish Mooney's Costumes Say About Them!
More and more characters are being added to the Gotham TV series universe! And this being an origins tale, where the story focuses on the things and people that have made Gotham what it is -- a city where a hero like Batman emerges, the focus has mainly been on the nasty villains that run the city. It's no wonder that the Gotham TV series wiki is filled with descriptions of the bad guys -- whether they're gangsters, pickpockets, guns for hire, or mad geniuses.
Which is why it's good to note that at least one additional new character is on the side of the good guys. It's been recently announced that actress Morena Baccarin (Homeland) will be playing doctor named Leslie Thompkins, who is is a physician working for the good of Gotham, and is about to develop a close relationship with detective James Gordon. Good to know that James Gordon will have added a team player on the heroes side of the Gotham TV series wiki.
Meanwhile, fans can't help but be fascinated by the younger versions of the villains that they have come to loathe/love from the Batman universe. To further add to the details in their Gotham TV series wiki description, Entertainment Weekly interviewed the show's costume designer to learn more about the villains and what their costumes say about them! For the young Selina Kyle or Catwoman, Padovan shares, "She is probably the most modern; we did a steampunk variation on her. Her goggles on top her head are like her ears. She's always sneaking around so she's all in black. It's a cat burglar feeling."
Penguin on the other hand, is one of the more popular figures in the Gotham TV series wiki. "I took from the storyline that he's young, he's working for Fish Mooney in a nightclub-so I riffed on more of a burlesque theater/1970s/Las Vegas/vintage look," explains Padovan. "There's a black-and-white tux shirt-which is his standard-and a mixture of blood-plum red and acid green. His shoes are pointed and pop up at the end-like a bird's would. His lapels are sort of like wings."
For gangster head Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith), Padovan took liberties with her costume. Her being a woman in the mostly male dominated villain world of the Gotham TV series wiki,
"[V]ery green but more metallic and snake skin and alligator skin -all the reptile stuff," We made up backstories about her. She wears a wig all the time so we talked to [showrunner Bruno Heller] about very bad acid accident where all her hair was burned off as a potential future story."
