Jamie Bell Takes on Peaky Blinders Role

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Big news from the Peaky Blinders World, Jamie Bell, the 40-year-old star from Billy

Elliott steps up as the new lead playing Duke Shelby, Tommy's son.

This fresh chapter jumps to post World War II Birmingham in the early 50s, airing on

BBC and Netflix.

The cast packs heavy hitters like Charlie Heaton from Stranger Things.

Jessica Brown Finley of Downton Abbey fame, LaShana Lynch from No Time to Die, and West

and Talon Lucy Karcheski, creator Steven Knight calls it a thrilling new era with more names

dropping soon.

Fans remember Jamie breaking out at just 14 with his BAFTA winning turn in Billy Elliott

back in 2000.

He sends crushed roles in King Kong, Rocket Man, and all of us strangers, building that

gritty edge perfect for the Shelby's.

Two new series are Greenlit.

Things are already rolling.

LaShana was spotted in Birmingham this week.

It picks up after Barry Keelgen's Duke in the recent movie, diving into brutal rebuild

vibes with Teddy Boy gangs on the rise.

Peaky's legacy from its original run between 2013 and 2022 keeps pulling us back, evolving

the Shelby saga into uncharted.

Turf.

Can't wait to see Duke own those blood soaked streets.