Spoiler warnings: This article contains spoilers for ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, we suggest you skip it entirely. One of the most anticipated sequels of the year comes from ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’, and it’s officially here, and fans can’t seem to get enough of it. As soon as the movie was released online, many people took to their social media accounts to talk about it and many had questions about how the movie ended. ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ writer Steven Knight spoke about the sequel in one of his latest interviews, citing that everything had been planned ahead of schedule all along.Read more to find out what else he had to share about the sequel’s ending.
Steven Knight talks about Tommy Shelby’s end in ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’
While speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the creation of ‘Peaky Blinders’ and the beloved character of Tommy Shelby, Knight revealed that everything had been planned for the character.He said, “I thought to end this, he’s going to have to leave.” Knight also clarified that he always wanted to create a character who was not afraid of dying or thought about death in any sense; However, Shelby’s time was scheduled to be limited. “From the beginning of creating this character, I wanted someone who didn’t care if he lived or died. That’s his superpower,” quoted the creator of the hit series and movie.
About ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’
The film begins some time after the end of ‘Peaky Blinders’ season 6, with Shelby going into hiding herself and staying away from a life of crime. In a quiet space in the countryside, he seems happy with his life; tormented by the fact that he had to kill his own brother. However, the past always comes to haunt him. This time, Kaulo knocks on his door, insisting that he needs to return to Birmingham because his son is leading the Peaky Blinders down the wrong path. Although he does not wish to return, the murder of his sister Ada brings him out of hiding, all guns blazing as he plans to avenge her and at the same time set his son straight.The film is set 6 years after the events of the finale of the hit OTT series.