Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man star Sophie Rundle believes there are “infinite possibilities” for more films in the franchise, and she expects the series to “run and run”.
Sophie Rundle believes there are “infinite possibilities” for more Peaky Blinders films.
The 37-year-old star recently reprised her role as Ada Thorne for new movie Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man – the first film based on the hit TV series – and she believes the franchise has “so many lives to live”.
She said on This Morning: “Steve Knight, who wrote it, has built this whole world and the fanbase have taken that and run with it.
“It’s got so many lives to live, I think.
“This film defines a certain era of Peaky Blinders, and what it becomes next is … there are infinite possibilities.
“In the 20th century, what an amazing landscape to explore these kinds of people and what worlds they’re entering.
“It can just run and run really.”
In the movie, Rundle stars opposite Cillian Murphy, who reprised his role as her on-screen brother and gangster Tommy Shelby.
The pair are joined by guest stars Barry Keoghan, Rebecca Ferguson and Tim Roth, and Rundle believes Peaky Blinders bosses recruited the “perfect people” to join their world in the motion picture.
While she has played Ada since Peaky Blinders first hit TV screens in 2013, Rundle is “still working on” perfecting her character’s Birmingham accent.
She added: “It [the accent] would go everywhere around the British Isles and beyond at various points.
“You’d think, ‘Oh, I’ve totally lost it now.’
“We filmed a lot of it in Liverpool, which was really confusing. All the mishmash of accents.
“God knows what happened at various points.
“But it was amazing, because we weren’t hearing the accent a lot.
“Peaky has, internationally, really put that accent on the map.
“It’s an amazing accent. We have amazing accents in the UK.
“But yeah … after 13 years I’m still working on it.”
Rundle also praised Murphy’s “extraordinary” portrayal of Tommy.
She said: “I don’t think anyone quite thought they would choose Cillian to play this role.
“There were lots of conversations about who Tommy Shelby might’ve been.
“But having Cillian play him, it gave it the level. He’s got this extraordinary stillness.
“It’s amazing. You are so compelled to watch him.”
Sophie Rundle teases ‘infinite possibilities’ for more Peaky Blinders movies
