Several individuals donning flat caps and waistcoats with an ice-cool stare participated in a lookalike contest of Peaky Blinders’s Tommy Shelby in Birmingham. The competition is a recent addition to the trend of celebrity doppelganger contests that are popular worldwide. In Birmingham’s Bullring, over 100 onlookers watched as participants tried to replicate the character depicted by Cillian Murphy.
Derek Brennan, who is 66 years old, was named the winner after judges’ opinions and levels of applause were taken into account. Brennan was shocked by his victory and disapproved of his age being associated with this contest’s victor, indicating an awareness of the ageism typically typical in society. Brennan made remarks to the BBC confirming that he has joked that he might be the father of Cillian Murphy, and when others asserted that he resembled the actor, he was initially unsure.
Joe Freeman, a student, was inspired to compete and posted his outfit on Instagram. Freeman also got a haircut the day before the contest and declared that he was “going all out to win.” James Dunley, age 22, and his father Arthur travelled from Telford, Shrops, to compete. James remarked on his similarities to Cillian Murphy and his love for the series, which follows the post-First World War escapades of a Birmingham crime syndicate.
A Peaky Blinders film is set to be released on Netflix, with Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy reprising his role as the popular Brummie gangster Tommy Shelby. Peaky Blinders’ popularity is palpable across the globe, and his influence is evident in Birmingham’s recent lookalike contest
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