// Cillian Murphy
As the sun shone on The Mailbox the red carpet came alive with the stars of Peaky Blinders - all in town to attend the launch of series three of the popular show that is a global phenomenon and counts Snoop Dog, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as fans! Our editor, Katie McPhilimey was on the media line up for the red carpet to chat to the stars for her Midlands Life show on Irish TV, Sky 191. She managed to snag some time with the hugely celebrated Irish actor Cillian Murphy, who talked to her about his Birmingham accent, his bit of Russian love in series three and how Birmingham has taken Peaky Blinders to its heart!
CM AN INTERVIEW WITH
Cillian Murphy aka Tommy Shelby!
Interview by Katie McPhilimey
Cillian, your character in the show – every man wants to be him and every woman wants to sleep with him how does it feel playing him? Here I am [pointing to a woollen doll given to him by a fan] It’s great isn’t it?.
It’s a great likeness! Yes a great likeness in wool! What was the question sorry?
Every man wants to be your character and every woman wants to sleep with him, how does it feel playing him? Oh I don’t know, it’s a great character, its great writing so I’m very lucky to play him!
With your Irish accent, how hard was it to master the Birmingham accent which is so difficult – especially coming from an Irish accent as a starting point? Well Steve Knight as you know is from Birmingham and so the Birmingham people have been very forgiving of us you know. So yes we’re still working on it – but people seem to like it.
They love it! So, what can we expect from series three? A bigger canvass, it goes more international and quite dark, the fans I think will be quite interested!
And any love interests – more love interests – what’s happening there? Yes a bit of Russian love interest in there [smirking]!
What was the welcome like for you tonight? You must be really excited by how everyone has got behind it, I know it’s shown in so many countries around the world – but Birmingham – well we just love it don’t we? Yeah it’s really nice and quiet overwhelming the amount of people that have come out tonight and it’s lovely that it’s so sunny and everything so it’s great. But you know it’s mad that the whole thing comes from Birmingham but there’s people all over the world watching it which is really nice.
There is a huge Irish community in Birmingham, so have you tried any of the Irish bars or clubs since you’ve been in the city? I’ve not, no, not really. I was at the Garrison with Steve Knight originally two or three years ago, but no, when you’re working you’re working you know.
What do you do when you’re not working – how do you chill out? Oh not much! [Laughing]
Peaky Blinders
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