Peaky Blinders: This Meeting With Snoop Dogg Was Decisive For The Creator

Peaky Blinders: This Meeting With Snoop Dogg Was Decisive For The Creator



Peaky Blindersthe cult series about the Shelby gang

Steven Knight gained international fame for creating Peaky Blinders. Airing from 2013 to 2022, the series centered on Tommy Shelby and the rest of the famous Birmingham gang has captivated millions of fans. Steven Knight created Peaky Blinders after having He himself grew up in Birmingham. For GQ in 2019, the screenwriter explained that the series had been inspired by her parents’ storieswho themselves grew up in the West Midlands city in the 1920s. For him, his show was therefore a way of presenting part of the history of his city. But a meeting with Snoop Dogg completely changed his perspective of the series.

Peaky Blinders ©BBC One
Peaky Blinders ©BBC One

Snoop Dogg Changed Steven Knight’s View of His Series

Steven Knight was recently a guest on the program Desert Island RecordsON BBC4. He revealed it Snoop Dogg was part of the long list of fans of the series. When the two men met, the famous rapper explained that he “identified” enormously to the history of Peaky Blinders. Because it reminded him of how he had gotten involved in gang culture.

However, this made Steven Knight realize that the series was much more universal than he thought at the beginning. The screenwriter realized that these were people from Eastern Europe or Buenos Aires “I understood the show and I felt the same sensation.”

The film will start shooting in a few weeks

Fans of Peaky Blinders now they are waiting to find out what Steven Knight is doing. Because the latter is preparing a movie which will conclude the story of the series. Officialized last June, this feature film will be directed by Tom Harper. Other important information: Cilian Murphy we will return in the role of Tommy Shelby. The film will begin shooting in September and It could therefore be released in 2025. So maybe this universe will expand. In February 2022, Steven Knight teased potential future consequences. If nothing is certain yet, stories centered on characters other than Tommy Shelby could then see the light of day after the upcoming film.

Source: Cine Serie

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