What do you personally enjoy about his work, and the world and characters that he creates?

I just thought, Wow, what a photograph.

What happened to this man, for him to get to this particular point in London?

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Thats the thing with a photograph, you know it was something of the time.

Your eyes cannot lie.

So, Hannah said to me, I know whos gonna write this.

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I said, Who?

And she said, Steve Knight.

I said, Oh, dont be stupid, love.

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And I was like, Yeah, whatever.

Lo and behold, literally three or four days later, she called me in from the kitchen.

Ill never forget it.

Mary Carr leaning on the ropes

She said, Have a look at that.

And I was like, What is it?

Andthere was an email from Steve saying, I really love this idea.

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Id really love to set up a Zoom.

Lets create something.And then, he went away and wrote the first episode.

The 12-part period drama will stream on Disney+, Star+ and Hulu.

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders.

What was it like to read that script?

And Disney were so behind the project from the get-go.

Thats the joy and the beauty.

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Sugar Goodson is particularly interesting because hes not a professional boxer.

Hes a brawler whos doing what he has to do to survive.

Did that help you figure out how you wanted that to look and how you wanted to carry yourself?

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Did that make it feel like it was something that was really in his bones?

He is somebody who has fought for what hes got, from the very beginning.

Hes been fighting from day one, and hes fought for everything he has.

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Even to reach the age that hes at now, it shows that hes a survivor.

Thats one of the beautiful things about all three of our central characters.

Theyve all fought to survive, and theyre all fighting to live the best lives that they possibly can.

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Don’t mess with the Forty Elephants.

What was it like to see what your co-stars brought to their characters?

Erin Doherty, as Mary Carr, is fantastic.

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Shes a wonderful actor.

Mary is such a great character, whos so colorful, so strong and so passionate.

Shes full of tenacity and she will do anything at all to achieve what she wants to achieve.

Shes always the smartest, cleverest person in the room.

And Malachi [Kirby] is wonderful as Hezekiah.

What a beautiful actor he is, as well.

I love Hezekiahs story.

Thats not his chosen profession.

Hes pushed into that through adversity becausehis dreams are quashed and crushed at the very beginning.

You also didPeaky Blinderswith Steven Knight.

How was it to join that series after it was already so successful?

GRAHAM: With respect toPeaky Blinders, I was a huge fan.

He was extremely complimentary about my work, and I was telling him how much I loved his work.

Oh, my God, look at him!Cillian has the most beautiful eyes.

And then, it was like, Okay, get yourself together.

Come on, hes gotta get ready.

Im in the scene with him.

The ‘Peaky Blinders’ movie, ‘The Immortal Man’, will debut on Netflix.

That was a completely different experience than anything Ive ever had before.

I was a huge fan of the seriesPeaky Blinders.

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