PEAKY Blinders’ Joe Cole reveals he left the BBC drama because "it’s Cillian’s show’"and he "never got out of the gates". The hit series centres around Cillian Murphy's character Tommy Shelby, and Joe played his younger brother John.
But Joe left the show in season four, and told Metro.co.uk: "With Peakly Blinders I never really got out of the gates in that role.
It’s Cillian’s show really. "I actually chose to leave Peaky Blinders because I wanted to explore new avenues, and new characters and new stories." For the last couple of years, this meant turning down a multitude of roles in other gang-related shows.
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