In the past,Spider-Man: No Way HomestarTom Hollandrevealed that he auditioned unsuccessfully for a role in the hit crime seriesPeaky Blinders. Well, with Holland now a big box office draw, the creator behind the hit show,Steven Knight, has invited the actor to star in the upcomingPeaky Blindersmovie. While attending the recent premiere ofPeaky BlindersSeason 6, Knight addressed Holland’s failed attempt to star in the series (viaMetro) and seemed eager to have Tom Holland join the gang for the movie.
“But if he wants to come back for the film, we’ll have him.”
Exactly which role Holland auditioned for at the time is unknown, though Knight believes that “it must have been quite a big role he was auditioning for.” Holland, meanwhile, has said of the experience, “I actually auditioned for Peaky Blinders and I did not get the part.” So, could Tom Holland finally get the chance to don a flat cap alongsideCillian Murphyin thePeaky Blindersmovie? Or could he surprise us all by playing against type as a villain, perhaps? Only time will tell.
ThePeaky Blindersmovie emerged in lieu of the show not going ahead with a planned seventh series. Instead, season 6 will be the show’s last, with the story set to continue with a movie, which many expect will wrap up the saga of Tommy Shelby. While details of the project remain scarce,Steven Knighthas revealed that Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby will appear in the movie, saying, “It’s impossible to say yet” regarding the character’s involvement in futurePeaky Blindersprojects. “But the film – yes.” The Peaky Blinders movie is expected to begin production in 2023.
There is Still More to Come for the World of the Peaky Blinders Beyond Season 6
Knight has teased the future of the world of thePeaky Blinders, teasing a lot more to come beyond the sixth and final season. “We’re going to make a film – a feature film – which will move the world on, and then once we’ve moved the world on into the Second World, we’ll see where that takes us. It’s now a situation where the world… you know, around the world, the Peaky world, it’s got so much energy, and so much following, and such a huge fanbase, that you think: ‘Well, let’s just carry on.’ So we do.”
Before any of that,Peaky BlindersSeason 6 is currently underway, with Knight describing it as “‘the end of the beginning’ because there’s so much more to come.”
Set in Birmingham, England,Peaky Blindersfollows the exploits of the titular crime gang in the direct aftermath of the First World War. The fictional gang is loosely based on a real urban youth gang of the same name who was active in the city from the 1890s to the 1910s. Starring Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby, Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby Jr.,Tom Hardyas Alfie Solomons, Finn Cole as Michael Gray, Anya Taylor-Joy as Gina Gray, Sam Claflin as Oswald Mosley, and Stephen Graham,Peaky BlindersSeason 6 premiered on June 25, 2025.
