Peaky Blinders: Why does Killian Murphy (Tommy Shelby) speak French well in Season 6?

Warning, spoilers. It is advisable to watch the first episode of Season 6 of Peaky Blinders before continuing to read this article.

The 6th season of Peaky Blinders, which will be available on Netflix in France from June 10, is the end of the Shelby family’s serial adventures, which will soon be back in the movie. In this final round of episodes, Thomas Shelby (Killian Murphy) again sits on the saddle after the failed assassination attempt on fascist politician Oswald Mosle (Sam Claflin).

The leader of the Peaky Blinders launches a whole new offensive with genius plans to fight his enemies, including Michael Gray (Finn Cole), who blames the tribe for the death of Paul (the late Helen Macror).

Years after Paul’s funeral, Tommy traps Michael and invites him to a bar in St. Pierre and Miquelon to talk to the South Boston gang leader business and Uncle Jack Nelson, Michael’s wife, Gina Business. Eventually, Tommy will arrange to store opium in Michael’s prison.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a French archipelago in North America, located in the Atlantic Ocean, south of the Canadian island of Newfoundland, and although English is spoken here, it is mostly French. So Tommy Shelby was referring to the locals, including the bar managers and clients where the meeting took place, including the Frenchman Gregory Fitous and Asad Bouab.

That is why the leader of the Peaky Blinders had to speak the language of Moliere, which he knows thanks to the traumatic experiences he gained during the First World War. Her translator Killian Murphy even had quite an impressive French.

But there is nothing surprising for an Irish actress as her mother is a French teacher! Killian Murphy explained Deadline That she helped him in this passage from Peaky Blinders Season 6:

“My French was very good when I was about 20 years old, then I gave it all up and did not continue training, which was a stupid decision. I sent it and he sent it to me and we figured out how to do it. Talk to him as much as possible. We did not want to be too formal “It was like French, which I learned in the trenches at the time. Yes, my mother was my French teacher at the time – even if it wasn’t. It will be credited as such.”