Inside the Shelby Clan: Cillian Murphy, Sophie Rundle & Steven Knight

For Peaky Blinders, family can be both “shelter from the storm” and “the storm itself.” Cillian Murphy unpacks how women are the show’s real heart as well as the importance of Tommy's relationships with Polly Gray, Ada, and Grace. Then Edith Bowman is joined by Sophie Rundle (Ada Thorne). They discuss how Steven Knight’s writing gives women equal strength and dramatic importance, and how the focus on family allows the show to translate across languages and cultures. Steven Knight returns to look at the show’s us-against-them loyalty in a criminal family, his focus on the real power of early 20th-century working-class women, and how Polly’s character was inspired by his Auntie Betty. Watch ⁠Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man⁠, on Netflix starting March 20th.