"Barry's a firecracker—put a camera on him and all of a sudden he's riveting. There's a danger to him—an unpredictability, which I think you need for that character. But also this vulnerability. And vulnerability on screen is a superpower as an actor."
"The film picks up six years later, in 1940, with Nazi bombs falling on Birmingham. Tommy is holed up in his draughty country mansion, having cut himself off from his family. He tries to write his memoirs, but is regularly distracted by the lure of his opium pipe and harrowing visions of his many dead relatives."
Cillian Murphy cast Barry Keoghan as Duke Shelby in the Peaky Blinders film after the two reconnected via text message in June 2023, six years after working together on Dunkirk. Murphy describes Keoghan as a compelling performer with an unpredictable, dangerous quality combined with emotional vulnerability. The Peaky Blinders film takes place in 1940, six years after season six concluded, with Tommy Shelby isolated in his country mansion amid Nazi bombing in Birmingham. Tommy struggles with opium addiction and haunting visions of deceased relatives while attempting to write his memoirs. The character Duke, first introduced in season six, is recast with Keoghan for the film's conclusion.
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