Peaky Blinders season 6, episode 2 spoilers ahead.
Peaky Blinders season 6 star Charlene McKenna has addressed the show's ominous premonitions from Tommy Shelby's daughter, Ruby.
First Ruby was repeating the words "tickna mora o'beng" – which means something along the lines of little girl or daughter, and the devil.
She also warned of the "man with the green eyes" before scrawling drawings of him in episode 2, as well as the "grey man" towards the end of episode 2.
You can read our deep dive on who the omen is warning Cillian Murphy's gangster about here, but in the meantime, we put the mystery to one of the cast.
Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Charlene McKenna, who plays the IRA's Captain Swing, Laura McKee, opened up about who she thinks this omen is warning Tommy about.
"I got shivers when I saw that," she said.
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She continued: "I don't know. I think the very obvious – and this is me speaking to you literally now as a fan.
"To me, it's one of two things. It's either Tommy himself – although he has blue [eyes]. I mean, green and blue – as in, he's his own worst enemy.
"Or Michael. I mean, Michael is proving to be an arsehole [laughs]. That is a technical term. Michael's little ego is turned all the way up to 10.
"It could be so many people because he's [Tommy] pissed all over the place."
As far as we know, Michael Gray has blue eyes, although Sam Claflin, who plays Oswald Mosley the fascist, had green eyes. But then again, Michael's surname could link him nicely to the "Grey man" warning, too.
Either way, the return of John Shelby's wife, Esme (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) who was teased at the end of episode 2, will likely help reveal more using her Gypsy wisdom.
Peaky Blinders series 6 airs on Sundays at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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