Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell discussed how Harley Quinn and The Penguin nearly met in Birds of Prey before Matt Reeves stepped in.

His film features Penguin in a rather important role, one that has since gotten even more important thanks to the award-winning HBO spinoff show. So, had Reeves not asked for the character to be taken out of Birds of Prey,

Without Matt Reeves and 'The Batman', 'Birds of Prey' would have seen Harley Quinn going up against not Black Mask, but The Penguin.