‘Not the same’ Cillian Murphy says final Peaky Blinders will be ‘tribute’ to Helen McCrory

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Peaky Blinders “simply won’t be the same” without Helen McCrory.The star went on to say that the show’s final season would be in the late actress’ memory.Cillian, who plays Tommy Shelby on the BBC favourite, reflected on how Helen’s absence has been felt on the show.

Helen, who played the matriarchal figure Polly Gray on Peaky Blinders, died of cancer last year at the age of 52.She died before filming for the sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders had properly got underway, which means she will not appear on screens when the show returns.In an interview with Variety, Cillian discussed how he felt about Helen’s death and the impact it had on the final season of the show. “I think the whole series is really in tribute to her and to honour her,” he said.“Her presence and her character’s presence are very much still felt in the series, and it is very much part of Tommy’s journey in the season. “It’ll be different without her, you know.

It simply won’t be the same. “I’ve spoken about how phenomenal she was as an actress and as a person and it is an enormous loss to the whole acting community and not just for our show,” Cillian continued. “My thoughts are always with Damian [Lewis] and her kids. “I just hope that the show will live up to her memory and our memory of her.”He added that, in spite of the “really sad loss” of his co-star, the cast and crew of Peaky Blinders crew were “determined to make this a special series” and hinted that fans “will be pleased” with the show's final outing.

Cillian has previously revealed that Helen would have been a part of the show’s final series, had it not been for the pandemic.Filming for series six was unfortunately brought to a standstill in March 2020 due to the ongoing threat of.