PEAKY Blinders' Arthur Shelby actor Paul Anderson is a far cry from his moustache-clad hardman role in real life. Tommy Shelby's (Cillian Murphy) older brother Arthur has been a mainstay in the gritty BBC series and has again returned for the final instalment.
In the 2017 Peaky Blinders series finale, Arthur was garroted by one of the mobster's henchmen at a boxing fight. Yet he swiftly returned from the dead to kill Luca Chengretta.
Meanwhile, a "really nasty" fight scene with Arthur at its centre was forced to be deleted from season five. The most violent of the Shelby clan, Arthur is famed for his formidable fighting skills and willingness to play "bad cop" when diplomacy fails.
The show's stunt co-ordinator Dean Forster said of Paul, 43, to Metro.co.uk: "He’s quite a method actor, so he wants to get involved, "We actually...
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