Cillian Murphy of Peaky Blinders talks about playing Tommy Shelby for over ten years.
Cillian Murphy, who has played the lead role in Peaky Blinders for nearly ten years, comments on his time on the show.
The British drama series began airing in September 2013 and lasted six seasons. The sixth and last season of Peaky Blinders premiered in February 2022, with the final episode showing on April 3.
Murphy portrayed Tommy Shelby, the head of a street gang known as the Peaky Blinders, in the series, which followed Shelby's life and family.
Peaky Blinders was an enormously popular and well-loved series among fans and critics alike, thanks to a star-studded cast that included the late Helen McCrory, Sam Neill, Tom Hardy, and Adrien Brody.
Throughout its existence, the series was nominated for various accolades, winning three BAFTAs in all.
Murphy's dramatic depiction of Shelby earned him multiple Best Actor accolades in the United Kingdom.
Despite the fact that Peaky Blinders has ended its television run, a feature-length follow-up film has been teased in place of a seventh season.
Murphy recounts what it was like to play Shelby for so many years in an interview with EW.
Despite the fact that the sitcom only lasted nine years, filming began in 2012, meaning Murphy played Shelby for more than a decade.
Murphy believes that growing older with one character was a new experience for him, and that it was something he had never done before with a project. Read the whole of Murphy's reply
It's fascinating to see. We began filming in 2012, and when it is over, it will have been a decade, so it is a significant chapter in my life, a significant portion of my life.
I did a lot of other things in the meantime, but I've never had the experience of growing older with a character or being able to embody it to the point where the character begins to think for you in the performance.