6 Amazing Facts About Peaky Blinders

Zee Media Bureau
Dec 27, 2024

Peaky Blinders is a British web series which is a story of a man Thomas Shelby led his gang in Birmingham Town. Here are some amazing facts about it.

The show is real life story

The writer Steven Knight wrote the story on the real bad boys of Birmingham town the peaky blinders, the story of brothers rule.

John Shelby and Michael Grey are real life brothers

The actors playing John’s real name is Joe Cole and Michael’s real name was Finn and are brothers in real life.

Cillian Murphy Smoked 1000 cigarettes in one season

Cillian Murphy played the character of Thomas Shelby who smoked an estimated 1000 cigarettes in a season but was made with non harmful substances.

Aunty Polly accent was inspired by Ozzy Osbourne

Aunt Polly was a fan favorite character which was played by Helen McCorry for which she watched Ozzy Osbourne to get the Birmingham accent.

Tommy was never seen eating

Thomas Shelby sat many times in the dinning but was never seen eating but was seen drinking more than 200 times

Playing Tommy character left Cillian destroyed

Cillian Murphy told Birmingham TV that playing such a violent character made him exhausted after every season but he made more efforts to make the character feel alive

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