Cillian Murphy To Play Mob Boss in BBC Series 'Peaky Blinders'
Irish actor Cillian Murphy has been cast as the head gangster of a crime family in new BBC series 'Peaky Blinders'. Murphy will play Tommy, a member of the tough Delaney family, who rule a Birmingham neighbourhood in post-war 1919. 'Peaky Blinders' is written by Steven Knight, the writer behind gritty British features 'Eastern Promises' and 'Dirty Pretty Things'. He wrote the six-part script with David Leland (Band of Brothers), Stephen Russell (Shameless) and Toby Finlay (Ripper Street).Otto Bathurst (Five Days, Criminal Justice) will direct with Katie Swinden (Luther, Spooks) producing.
- 8/2/2012
- IFTN
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