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The new Peaky Blinders<\/a> film The Immortal Man<\/a> isn’t the same without Arthur Shelby, and here’s what the actor who plays him, Paul Anderson, had to say about his absence.<\/p>\n

Rumours have been circling the internet that Anderson’s character was written out of the film after he was fined for possession of drugs<\/a>, but in a new interview, the show’s creator Steven Knight confirmed it was always the plan to kill Arthur off<\/a>. In The Immortal Man, we devastatingly find out that Arthur was killed by his own brother, Tommy.<\/p>\n

So, what does the actor actually think about not being in the film? Well, he doesn’t exactly seem very happy about it, but there’s nothing he could do. Speaking to LadBible<\/a> about his character being killed off before the film was released, he said: “Well, what can you do, eh? It is how it is. I thought I\u2019d just leave them to it.”<\/p>\n

However, he admitted that the Arthur dying storyline does work well. “I think it\u2019s [the storyline] great. I mean, it\u2019s such a powerful thing to do. It\u2019s something you don\u2019t see on TV. Everyone thought, well, everyone knows Arthur\u2019s gonna die.”<\/p>\n

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Credit: BBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anderson was “slightly apprehensive” about the film because he didn’t think it was necessary to turn such a famous and well-loved TV show into a movie, but he thinks the film is “amazing” nonetheless. “We made a good show, we ain\u2019t made enough seasons – I think we should\u2019ve just done a couple more seasons. I don\u2019t see a reason to do a film, to be honest,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The funny thing about acting, it doesn\u2019t matter what we think of it, or what I think about it – or anyone for that matter. It\u2019s about what the fans think and if they don\u2019t like it, we\u2019re at the mercy of them.”<\/p>\n

He was actually quite “surprised” that people loved his character, because Arthur was “nasty” and “not very nice to people” in the BBC series, but hopes Arthur’s memory will live on in the new Peaky Blinders spin-offs.<\/p>\n

“They plan to do another two seasons, but I don\u2019t know if he [the creator] wants to do it with a younger generation or a new team of Peaky Blinders,” Anderson added. “What I mean by that is, Tommy will still be there, and my memory will still be in it.”<\/p>\n

For all the latest Netflix news and drops,\u00a0like The Holy Church of Netflix on Facebook.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Featured image credit: BBC<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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