Overview
- Cillian Murphy returns as Tommy Shelby and serves as an executive producer on the film.
- He told press he felt a duty to the fan base and that the project justified reviving the franchise.
- Murphy described family as the story’s core focus, calling the approach especially powerful.
- The film pushes Tommy further into Aunt Polly’s spiritual world, with themes of destiny, faith and free will.
- Murphy discussed the project at the BFI’s Celebrating Peaky Blinders event on 26 February, hosted by Edith Bowman.