Despite its rollicking modern soundtrack full of Nick Cave covers, grandiose gun battles and grisly murders, at the end of the day this is still a fairly traditional gangster drama
"It smells, to a layman like me, like someone is smoking cannabis
The benefits continue, even years later
During a recent Q&A with Express.co.uk and other media, an audience member questioned the stars exactly how many cigarettes they get through during filming
"One of the stories that really made me want to write Peaky Blinders is one my dad told me: he said that when he was eight or nine his dad gave him a message on a piece of paper and said 'go and deliver this to your uncles.' His uncles were the Sheldons, who eventually became the Shelbys," he told History Extra
Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolans upcoming film Oppenheimer , and heavy smoker gang leader Tommy Shelby in the BBC series Peaky Blinders , has spoken about his dislike of it in a new interview