By order of the Peaky Blinders, Cillian Murphy is confirmed to return to his role as Tommy Shelby in a spinoff movie — and it’s safe to say fans are hyped.
Creator of the hit BBC series, Steven Knight, confirmed the news to BirminghamWorld at the premiere of his new show This Town this week,stating: “He definitely is returning for it. We’re shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth.”
There have been rumblings of Murphy reprising his role for thePeaky Blindersfilm for some time, with theOscar-winning Oppenheimer starpreviously saying he was “open” to the idea “if there’s more story to tell.”
Judging by Knight’s comments, there definitely is. Fans have been reacting excitedly to the news, with onewritingon X: “The best news of the day. We will be feasting.” “Yay, the goat is back,”saidanother, while a thirdadded, “Better. No one can’t act that role, the way he did.”
“It was so deserved. I mean he’s brilliant, and he’s such a great human being and he leads the line when we’re shooting and he’s so level-headed and straightforward. He deserves everything he gets,” he said.
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Daisy Phillipson is a Senior TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team. She’s a lover of horror, crime, psychological thrillers. After graduating with a Masters in Magazine Journalism, she’s gone on to write for Digital Spy, LADbible and Little White Lies. You can contact her at daisy.phillipson@dexerto.com
