PeakyBlinders star Cillian Murphy reflects on playing the show's leading role of Tommy Shelby for over a decade, and what the experience was like.
Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy reflects on playing the show's leading role for over ten years. The British drama series first premiered in September of 2013 and ran for six seasons. Peaky Blinders' sixth and final season aired in February of 2022, with the show's last episode premiering on April 3. Murphy played the leading role of crime boss Tommy Shelby, the leader of a street gang called the Peaky Blinders, with the series following Shelby's life and family.
Boasting a star-powered cast that included the late Helen McCrory, Sam Neill, Tom Hardy, and Adrien Brody, Peaky Blinders was an incredibly popular and well-beloved series among fans and critics alike. The series was nominated for several awards throughout its run, and would collect a total of three BAFTAs. Murphy's powerful portrayal of Shelby would also earn him several best performance awards in the UK.
It's fascinating. We started shooting this in 2012 so when it comes out, that will be a decade, so it's a big chapter of my life, a big chunk of my life. In between I did lots of other things but I've never had that experience of growing older with a character or being able to inhabit it to a point where the character starts thinking for you in the performance.
Despite playing Shelby for so long, Murphy admits that with every new season of filming Peaky Blinders, it would always take him time to fall back into Shelby's distinctive Birmingham accent. Murphy says that while portraying Shelby is a lot of hard work, it's been rewarding to sit with one character for such a long time.
In the past, Murphy has shared that he didn't expect Peaky Blinders to be as successful as it was and that he struggled truly grasping that the series was coming to an end. With actors so often moving from project to project and role to role, getting to sit with one character for more than a full decade is a unique opportunity.
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