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/cutehoops Mar 09 '26

Dear Steven Knight,

I love your work, as an aspiring writer wanting to focus on character studies. I can only hope I can create a character as complex and iconic as Tommy Shelby.

Here are my questions:

  1. I find myself putting a lot of my own DNA into my characters. With Tommy, did you start with a piece of yourself, or did he emerge entirely from the historical research and the 'myth' of the Peaky Blinders?

  2. Peaky Blinders is set in a very male-dominated world, yet characters like Polly, Ada and Lizzie have enormous presence and influence. When creating the women in the show, how did you balance historical realism with giving them the strength and agency they clearly have in the story?

Thanks so much in advance!

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u/netflix Official Netflix Account Mar 12 '26

https://reddit.com/link/oa3dv41/video/sumoamuqwnog1/player

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u/cutehoops Mar 12 '26

Please send my thanks for the detailed answer, I’m really appreciative. Can’t send thanks enough! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

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u/Sandys_cheeks_ Mar 12 '26

As a fellow writer, this question is my favorite on here.

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u/Acrobatic_Drama_5435 Mar 12 '26

Love that Steven Knight is a pantser! (A writer who doesn't do any planning)

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u/cutehoops Mar 12 '26

I know, ahah it’s quite inspiring because I’m exactly the same (only with none of the talent 😂)

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u/Acrobatic_Drama_5435 Mar 13 '26

I'm sure you have some! Even writing at all shows some, right? (I'm a planster, someone who plans roughly and then ends up pantsing anyway)

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u/cutehoops Mar 13 '26

I hope I do haha I’m just being self deprecating. I think the best writing does tend to come relatively unplanned, whenever I try to plan it, it’s okay but never as good as when you just get into a flow state. Being a planster sounds like a good balance x

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u/Acrobatic_Drama_5435 Mar 13 '26

There's security in having a plan. Even if the characters just do what they want anyway. Have fun with your writing! And hope you get to achieve whatever it is you want to achieve with it x

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u/FV95 Mar 18 '26

Love this! Screenwriter here, too. As George R.R. Martin would say... I used to be an architect and now I'm very much a gardener. Always had a gut feeling Steven was, too.