Netflix’s (and the BBC’s) Peaky Blinders sequel series has cast Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Daniel Monks (All Her Fault), Samuel Bottomley (California Schemin’), Arturo Muselli (Gomorrah), Eugene Collins (The Bay), Lucie Shorthouse (We Are Lady Parts) and Cal O’Driscoll (Video Nasty). In addition — perhaps most exciting for fans of the franchise — Ned Dennehy and Packy Lee are set to reprise their roles of Charlie Strong and Johnny Dogs, respectively, from the original series and its own sequel film (Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man).
Mike Barker (The Testaments) and Anna Zackrisson (Detective Hole) will direct the series, the streamer said on Thursday, with Tim Whitby (This Town) producing. Steven Knight is the creator and writer of Peaky Blinders.
Hill joins as Clemmy Keeler, the “fierce patriarch of the Keeler family who rivals the Peaky Blinders’ ambitions to rebuild Birmingham,” the character description reads. O’Driscoll (Vikings: Valhalla) is Clemmy’s son, Aidan Keeler. If Aidan is anything like Duke Shelby, look out.
Monks (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms) plays Detective Inspector Bell.
The newly announced cast members join Jessica Brown Findlay (Silo, The Flatshare), Lashana Lynch (The Day of the Jackal, No Time to Die) and Lucy Karczewski (Stereophonic).
