Cillian Murphy has teased the release of the hotly anticipated "Peaky Blinders" movie.
The Oscar-winning Corkonian is returning to the big screen in "Steve," where he plays the teacher at a school for troubled boys, which is out in Irish cinemas on Friday (September 19). However, fans of Cillian’s are patiently waiting for him to reprise his role as Tommy Shelby in the "Peaky Blinders" movie, which was announced last year.
Now, fans won’t have to wait too long — with Cillian saying that filming has wrapped on "Peaky Blinders," with a release date expected around next year.
"The film is done," Cillian told the Oliver Callan Show. "We’re working on it, I’m really happy with it. I hope the fans will be really happy with it; my impulse is very much to make it for the fans.
"The show became the show because of the fans and because of people talking about it, and dressing up and really caring about the characters."
While he didn’t give away too many plot points, Cillian said that the script was wonderful, and with a new cast — including Barry Keoghan, Rebecca Ferguson, and Tim Roth — they could be on to something special.
"It should be around sometime next year," Cillian told Dermot Whelan. "The script was wonderful, great cast… and I can’t tell you anything else!"
Barry Keoghan in Netflix's "Peaky Blinders" film. (Netflix)
Speaking on his latest release, "Steve," Cillian said that despite the film being an adaptation of Max Porter’s novel, "Stay," they had to build the character from the ground up; as the titular teacher doesn’t actually appear that much in the book.
"[Max and I] really trust each other," Cillian said. "The teacher doesn’t really appear in the novel, so he kind of created him from the ground up, and he wrote it bespoke for me, more or less. It was a new way of approaching — a lot of the time I just lock myself away for months and I’m just building this character, whereas this was kind of ready-made — I didn’t have to change my accent."
"We went into it, we filmed the whole thing chronologically, which means you’re experiencing the events as the characters do, you’re accumulating the essential information as the characters do. So that makes for a very kind of raw experience making the film."
Cillian Murphy in Netflix's "Steve." (Netflix)
After becoming the first actor from the Republic of Ireland to win the Best Actor Oscar for his acclaimed role as J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer," questions arose as to where Cillian would keep the most prestigious trophy in film; and while some have kept them in odd places — namely Kate Winslet, who keeps hers in her bathroom — Cillian opted for a more traditional space.
"I get asked this quite a bit, actually — I just keep it on a shelf," Cillian said. "If you look at 'Steve,' that’s the sort of work I’ve always been drawn towards.
"I think that your taste and the type of work you want to make are formed quite early on. I’ve been doing this for nearly 30 years now — alarmingly — and I think when something like Oppenheimer comes along, it’s kind of overwhelming and you’re just full of gratitude that a film can connect like that. You kind of just continue on the path that you were on originally, which is try and make work like this."
*This article was originally published on Extra.ie.
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