The creator of Peaky Blinders has teased that outcast Michael Gray “wants to kill” Tommy Shelby, potentially fulfilling Aunt Polly’s prophecy when she predicted that either her son Michael or nephew Tommy would kill the other.
Last season Aunt Polly (the late Helen McCrory) told Tommy (Cillian Murphy) that either he or his cousin Michael (Finn Cole) – contender to the Shelby patriarch – would die.
“One of you will die, but which one I cannot tell,” she said.
Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Steven Knight said: “I can’t tell you [specifics about their relationship] but I’m sure you could imagine. It’s not gonna go well.
“I like the complexity of what’s happened with Michael, where he was plucked from this village, but he wanted to be plucked, he wanted to get out. And he’s become Tommy and he admires Tommy [and] wants Tommy’s approval, but he wants to kill him as well.”
Cole previously told The Times that he was certain the prophecy would be fulfilled in some shape or form, before hinting it may be Michael who falls.
“When Steve writes something like that, we all know that there must be some truth to it,” Cole said. “I feel that when my time comes on this show — if my time comes — it will be for the right reasons.”
Both Murphy and Cole will be reprising their roles for the sixth and final season, but sadly Helen McCrory, who starred as ‘Aunt’ Polly Gray, died in April 2021, which means she will be noticeably absent.
Additional reporting by Abby Robinson.
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Peaky Blinders season 6 will arrive on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK on Sunday 27th February.
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