Due to scheduling conflicts, Carmine actor John Turturro was not able to reprise his role from The Batman in The Penguin. That means he was recast for the flashback scenes in episode 4, and Mark Strong ended up replacing him for the series.

"We certainly weren't going to not have Carmine in our story," showrunner Lauren LeFranc tells EW. Warning: This article contains spoilers from The Penguin episode 4. Sofia Falcone gets her origin story on The Penguin,

Carmine Falcone was played by a menacing John Turturro in The Batman and becomes a crucial figure in The Penguin, despite his death in the film leading up to the series. The show'

For most of the latest episode of HBO’s The Penguin, Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) suffers at the hands of men. We learn how she was forced into Arkham Asylum by her father after she questioned how her mother died,

Sofia Falcone’s tour de force in this past Sunday’s The Penguin is all anyone can talk about. But did we miss something key about the real Hangman?