Following the trailer's release, Cillian Murphy discussed the Nazi antagonists in the upcoming Peaky Blinders film The Immortal Man during an interview with The Telegraph. Returning as Tommy Shelby in the WWII-era story, he emphasized that films should provoke questions rather than dictate emotions, aiming for entertainment with deeper undertones.
Cillian Murphy reprises Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, shifting the gang's story to World War II with British collaborators undermining the U.K. economy alongside Nazis. In his Telegraph interview, Murphy addressed concerns about depicting Nazis as villains, especially amid figures like Nick Fuentes voicing support for them, calling it 'profoundly upsetting.'
He noted the film treats the theme lightly, unlike The Zone of Interest, and avoids preachiness: 'Films should never tell you how to feel. They should just ask questions.' Murphy described it as 'an entertaining action film with a big heart' that rewards closer scrutiny.
Drawing from his Oppenheimer role, he said audiences can engage nuclear themes or just enjoy the spectacle: 'If you want to talk about where we are in the world... but if you just want to look at a great film with big explosions then that’s cool as well.'
The film features Barry Keoghan as Duke Shelby leading the gang, with returning cast like Stephen Graham as Hayden Stagg and Ned Dennehy as Charlie Strong, plus Rebecca Ferguson and Jay Lycurgo. It premieres in select theaters March 6 and streams on Netflix March 20.