P315 AERTEL 1 315 Wed 23 Feb 08:41:50 THEENTERTAINMENTNETWORK 1/6 CILLIAN MURPHY ON BLINDERS ACCENT Cillian Murphy has revealed he recorded Birmingham pub-goers to learn the accent for his role as Peaky Blinders' Tommy Shelby. The actor, 45, said he struggled to transform himself into the imposing, brutal character at the head of the Shelby family. TV LISTINGS 170 CINEMA LISTINGS 350 Next Cinemas Reviews Ent Index
P315 AERTEL 1 315 Wed 23 Feb 08:41:10 THEENTERTAINMENTNETWORK 2/6 CILLIAN MURPHY ON BLINDERS ACCENT Changing his noticeable Cork accent into that of someone from Birmingham was decidedly difficult for the actor, who admitted he went into the actual Garrison pub in the city with the show's creator, Steven Knight, to record locals singing and talking. He told the Radio Times of his character: "I do not share one thing with him. There's no iota of commonality between the two of us." TV LISTINGS 170 CINEMA LISTINGS 350 Next Cinemas Reviews Ent Index
P315 AERTEL 1 315 Wed 23 Feb 08:41:18 THEENTERTAINMENTNETWORK 3/6 CILLIAN MURPHY ON BLINDERS ACCENT He added: "I hung out with Steve, and we went to the actual Garrison pub in Birmingham with his Brummie mates. "And we're just drinking Guinness there, 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. "And then I would call Steve and just leave voicemails on his phone in the accent and see how close I was to it." TV LISTINGS 170 CINEMA LISTINGS 350 Next Cinemas Reviews Ent Index
P315 AERTEL 1 315 Wed 23 Feb 08:41:26 THEENTERTAINMENTNETWORK 4/6 CILLIAN MURPHY ON BLINDERS ACCENT Murphy has discussed how difficult it was for him to play somebody with post- traumatic stress disorder, and how he had to make lifestyle changes to physically transform himself into the character. He also discussed the grief that the entire show experienced after the death of Helen McCrory, who played Polly Gray, the formidable auntie and matriarch of the Shelby family. TV LISTINGS 170 CINEMA LISTINGS 350 Next Cinemas Reviews Ent Index
P315 AERTEL 1 315 Wed 23 Feb 08:41:34 THEENTERTAINMENTNETWORK 5/6 CILLIAN MURPHY ON BLINDERS ACCENT McCrory died of cancer in April 2021, aged 52, and Murphy has previously spoken about the final season of the series being a tribute to her. He told Radio Times: "She was a remarkable human being and a remarkable actor. And I feel very privileged to have got to know her so well and to work so closely with her. "She really was on a different level, and our scenes were my favourites. TV LISTINGS 170 CINEMA LISTINGS 350 Next Cinemas Reviews Ent Index
P315 AERTEL 1 315 Wed 23 Feb 08:41:42 THEENTERTAINMENTNETWORK 6/6 CILLIAN MURPHY ON BLINDERS ACCENT "We got into the swing of it where we didn't seem to need to rehearse or anything; we would just put the two characters up, and they would pop." TV LISTINGS 170 CINEMA LISTINGS 350 Next Cinemas Reviews Ent Index