Tag: Tommy Shelby
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Peaky Blinders Got A Letter From A Real War Vet About Tommy Shelby
Look beyond the flashes of cathartic violence, the numerous double-dealing and betrayals, and the relentless quest for power featured throughout every season of “Peaky Blinders,” and it’s plain to see that the entire BBC series boils down to a very simple and straightforward concept. At its heart, the arc of Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby is…
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How Tommy Shelby’s Lack Of Eating Became A Running Gag On Peaky Blinders
You just never know what quirky aspects of a long-running television show will begin to take on a life of its own over the course of the series. In “Peaky Blinders” alone, much has already been made of the frankly horrifying amount of herbal cigarettes the cast had to smoke throughout each season, or the…
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Tommy Shelby’s Hat In Peaky Blinders Isn’t Exactly Historically Accurate
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but not everything you see in movies or television shows — even historically-based ones — happens to be 100% true to life. Shocking, I know. Director Christopher Nolan invented the pivotal conversation by the water between J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein in “Oppenheimer,” the racing movie “Gran…
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Cillian Murphy’s Peaky Blinders Role Almost Went To A Fast And Furious Star
Cillian Murphy has become somewhat synonymous with the series “Peaky Blinders,” the BBC/Netflix series about a street gang in England just after the First World War led by the cunning crime boss Tommy Shelby (Murphy). Created by Steven Knight, the series has permeated the general pop culture landscape so deeply that even those who have…
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Cillian Murphy Smoked An Alarming Number Of Cigarettes During Peaky Blinders
If you watched “Oppenheimer” this summer and found yourself wondering if Cillian Murphy really puffed on all those cigarettes while playing theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that they were probably herbal cigarettes. The bad news is this isn’t the first time Murphy has played…