Peaky Blinders is without a doubt one of the most captivating period dramas of recent years. The life of the Shelby family, its illicit trades and the somewhat questionable principles of the group leader Thomas "Tommy" Shelby, manage to capture the viewer and glue him to the screen at every episode and season.Created by Steven Knight (Locke, Taboo), Peaky Blinders is set in Birmingham after the First World War and chronicles the daily life of the Shelby family whose breadwinner Tommy (played by Cillian Murphy) is also the boss of the Peaky Blinders gang who command the city in a really difficult period from a historical and economic point of view.
We have talked and written a lot, in the past, about Peaky Blinders, also recommending its vision through the special on 5 reasons to recover the TV series with Cillian Murphy. This time we want to delve into the show with some curiosities.
Peaky Blinders trivia: 10 things you don't know about the British TV series Peaky Blinders
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Helen McCrory was inspired by Ozzy Osbourne
One of the most important and distinguishing characteristics of the Peaky Blinders is the Birmingham accent.During an interview, the actress who played Polly or Helen McCrory - who died in 2021 - had publicly thanked John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne, British singer-songwriter, composer and actor, who became famous with Black Sabbath and then as a soloist , as a source of inspiration in studying the cadence and accept required for the role.Filming was not done in Birmingham
Well yes, the TV series that should be set in Birmingham was not filmed in this city. Most of the filming was done in Toxeth, Liverpool.
Only a few scenes were shot in Birmingham and mostly at the Black Country Museum, an open-air museum containing reconstructed historic buildings from all over the Midlands.
Cillian Murphy hates Tommy's look
The actor who plays Tommy Shelby hates the hallmark of this character or his haircuts! Becoming iconic in recent years thanks to Peaky Blinders, this haircut has traveled around the world so much that many young people are increasingly trying to cut their hair to look like Tommy Shelby. Too bad that although it has become fashionable Cillian Murphy is totally horrified by it!Read Also: 10 (among the) best period TV series to recover immediately.The Peaky Blinders really existed The Peaky Blinders really existed and were a notorious late 1800s Birmingham gang.However, unlike the TV series, the real Blinders are remembered for less heinous crimes such as petty theft.
Billy Kimber and Darby Sabini were real gangsters
Tommy Shelby is a character totally invented by the author, but William "Billy" Kimber and Charles "Derby" Sabini were two real gangsters. Billy Kimber was a bookie head of the Sabini gang and king of the racecourse gangs throughout Britain, while Sabini was one of his bitterest enemies.
The Blinders didn't have razor blades sewn into their caps In the TV series the Peaky Blinders have razor blades sewn into their caps, weapons used to blind their victims. However, it is thought that the real Peaky Blinders used steel-toed belts and shoes as weapons as razor blades only became widespread in the UK after the war and were expensive to procure in the early days.
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Two protagonists come from the Batman universe
Both Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy have been colleagues on the same set in the past. In the Batman saga by Christopher Nolan, the two actors played the role of two villains; Cillian Murphy played psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Crane – otherwise known as Scarecrow – while Tom Hardy played Bane in The Dark Knight Rises.Finn Cole joined the cast thanks to his brother Actor Finn Cole, who plays Michael Grey, has brother Joe Cole to thank for joining the TV series. Finn was studying and couldn't travel to Birmingham for the auditions. It was Joe who suggested that he tape the audition and then send it to the casting directors.
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Every season sees thousands of cigarettes go up in smoke In many interviews Cillian Murphy has emphasized that he is not a smoker, unlike his character in Peaky Blinder who always has a lit cigarette. To remedy the problem, the Irish actor uses herbal cigarettes. But apparently he also lights up more than 3,000 during the filming of a season.Steven Knight was inspired by family stories
Apparently the Peaky Blinders saga was born within the home thanks to the author's father who told numerous stories to the young Steven Knight.
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