OHMYGOSSIP — Cillian Murphy visited a Birmingham pub to master his brummie accent for ‘Peaky Blinders’.
The 45-year-old Irish actor – who stars as Tommy Shelby in the hit BBC period crime drama – has revealed he and the show’s creator, Steve Knight, recorded locals at the historical Garrison boozer featured on the series.
He told the Radio Times: “I hung out with Steve, and we went to the actual Garrison pub in Birmingham with his Brummie mates.
“And they’re singing Birmingham City songs and telling all sorts of stories, and I was recording on my iPhone, and then I took that home, and used it to try and track the accents, you know.”
The Cork-born star also sent Steve voice messages to see how close he was to turning his native tongue into that of a Brummie one.
He added: “And then I would call Steve and just leave voicemails on his phone in the accent and see how close I was to it.”
Cillian also explained that in order to portray a character with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he had to make some lifestyle alterations in order to physically transform himself.
Cillian said: “I’m not a very physically imposing person. So I have to eat a lot of protein and lift a lot of weights. So that takes a while, which I hate.”
Elsewhere, the ‘Inception’ actor opened up about how distraught everyone was on set following the tragic death of Helen McCrory, who died of cancer in April 2021 at age 52.
The screen legend played Shelby family matriarch Polly Gray on the gangster show.
He added: “She was a remarkable human being and a remarkable actor. And I feel very privileged to have got to know her so well. She really was on a different level, and our scenes were my favourites.”
The highly-anticipated sixth and final season of ‘Peaky Blinders’ will return this Sunday (27.02.22) on BBC One.
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