With production on series four of Peaky Blinders now underway, Deadline has revealed that Oscar-winner Adrien Brody has joined the cast of the BBC Two gangster drama.
“He genuinely was the actor in my head when I wrote the part,” states creator Steven Knight. “I’m sure he will be a formidable presence in the world of the Peaky Blinders.”
“[Brody] a world class actor famous for producing mesmerizing performances,” added BBC Drama Controller Piers Wenger. “I cannot wait to see him in action alongside the rest of Peaky Blinders‘ superb cast bringing Steven Knight’s extraordinary writing to life on BBC Two.”
Brody joins returning cast members Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Joe Cole, Sophie Rundle, Finn Cole, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kate Phillips, Natasha O’Keefe and Packy Lee.
The site also reveals that the fourth series “will kick off when Tommy receives a mysterious letter on Christmas Eve and realizes the Peaky Blinders are in danger of annihilation. As the enemy closes in, he flees his country house and returns to the streets of Small Heath, Birmingham where a desperate fight for survival begins.”
