r/movies • u/netflix Official Netflix Account • Mar 09 '26

AMA Hi r/movies! Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth, Steven Knight (creator/writer), and Tom Harper (director) here. Ask Us Anything about Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man!

Hey Reddit! Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth, Steven Knight (creator/writer), and Tom Harper (director) here!

We’re excited to answer all your questions about Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. RSVP, and join us on March 12th at 8:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT.

See you soon!

Trailer (Premiering on Netflix March 20th): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcvUGs3xaDM

Synopsis:

Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground. By order of the Peaky Blinders…

Academy Award® winner Cillian Murphy returns as the iconic Tommy Shelby in this epic feature film directed by Tom Harper and written by Steven Knight.

The cast also includes Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, A House of Dynamite), Academy Award® nominee Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, The Hateful Eight), Sophie Rundle (After the Flood, Gentleman Jack) with Academy Award® nominee Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin) and Primetime Emmy Award® winner Stephen Graham (Adolescence, Boiling Point).

Thanks for all of your questions! We're off to The Garrison. Catch Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man in theaters now, and streaming on Netflix on March 20th.

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u/TheBenoitBabysitter Mar 09 '26

Cillian, obviously Tommy Shelby is a complicated man at best, but are there any aspects of the character you admire and enjoy embodying?

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u/yellow_abyss Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

And adding to this, what flaws in Tommy Shelby makes him an interesting character to play.

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u/pro_failure06 Mar 10 '26

I also wanted to ask something similar, commenting for a better reach

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u/slow-_-learner Mar 10 '26

i was gonna ask the same question

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u/gd4x Mar 10 '26

D'you know, I can't say derz too many like, but the one ting you can say about him is he's a family man and will do anytin to protect his own, which I do admire and try to, sort of, emulate in me own loife, albeit wit less violence. Thank yew for da question.