You’d be hard-pressed to find moments of genuine levity in the dreary and blood-soaked world of “Peaky Blinders.” Instead, you’ll find the insatiable aspirations of Thomas “Tommy” Shelby (Cillian Murphy), a man who’s built an empire to fill the hole inside him, even as the bodies of vile enemies and family members alike pile up.
The closest you get to some illusory or twisted sense of geniality comes from the bonkers, scene-stealing charisma of Alfie Solomons (Tom Hardy).
So when he was seemingly killed off at the end of season 4 there was a general lament over the loss of such a devilishly entertaining personality, especially…The post Tom Hardy’s Exit From Peaky Blinders Was An 11th-Hour Decision appeared first on /Film.
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