Peaky Blinders series three came to an explosive end recently, and now talk has turned to a possible movie adaptation of the BBC drama
Series creator Steven Knight and executive producer Caryn Mandabach recently told Digital Spy that there had been discussions about a possible film spinoff - but would series star Cillian Murphy be up for moving it to the big screen?
Speaking to Deadline about the prospect, Murphy said: "I'm sort of ambivalent about it. I'm sort of like, 'Eh, yeah, I don't know, I'm not sure'.
"I love the idea sort of theoretically, but it has to come at the right time, you know? You can't alienate the beautiful democratic thing of television where everyone just watches it," he added.
"Cinema is trickier because you gotta pay your $10, you gotta leave the kids at home. You've got to do all of that, so it's different and also you have to compress the story into probably just an event rather than the whole arc that we've normally been doing."
The actor summed up: "It's kind of a sexy idea, but I'll reserve judgement until the idea is presented to me."
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Paul Anderson, who plays Arthur Shelby on the BBC drama, also spoke about the prospect of a movie, saying: "Yeah, I would.
"It's a simple answer. There has been talk of it. I'm up for it."
Meanwhile, Murphy is starring in war drama Anthropoid alongside Jamie Dornan later this year.
