- CILLIAN Murphy has said it “takes more than the haircut” for him to become Tommy Shelby.
The Irish actor played the Birmingham gangster in Peaky Blinders for six seasons, and it has been reported that there will also be a feature film.
Cillian played Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders
He recently won the BAFTA and Golden Globe for his role in Oppenheimer
- He recently won the BAFTA and Golden Globe for his role in Oppenheimer
- Cillian and Dermot Whelan have been friends for 20 years
In a chat on Dermot Whelan’s new podcast, recorded while he was still on the show, Cillian said it takes a while to get back into character.
He revealed: “You can’t just rock up and get the haircut and you’re in. It takes a few months of trying to figure out how to think like him again.
“But I think I’ve been playing him for so long and the writing is so good, and because the writer Steve (Knight) writes for the actor. I don’t really know how you do it, every job requires concentration…
“So what I tend to do with him is I do an awful lot of preparation every year and then I just kind of abandon preparation and let it go.
