Yahoo News Sam Claflin and Brian Gleeson join the cast of Peaky Blinders series five
Sam Claflin is the latest actor to join the upcoming series of BBC drama Peaky Blinders.
The Hunger Games star leads a host of fresh faces set to feature on the show and has told how he “couldn’t feel more privileged” to be a part of it.
The 32-year-old said: “From Steven Knight’s writing to the consistently brilliant production.
“I couldn’t feel more privileged to be invited to join this iconic show.”
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Irish actor Cillian Murphy is also set to reprise his role as mob boss Tommy Shelby.
The duo are set to be joined by, Logan Lucky’s Brian Gleeson, The Witch star Anya Taylor-Joy, Happy New Year’s Neil Maskell, Butterfly actor Emmett J Scanlan, The Cry’s Kate Dickie and Lady Macbeth star Cosmo Jarvis, who will all be making their debuts on the show.
Speaking about his upcoming role on the show, Gleeson said: “Looking forward to kicking around in the mud of Northern England with an exceptional cast and crew.
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“The scripts are wild and pertinent – a classic Peaky brew.”
The upcoming series is set to centre around the misfortune surrounding the financial crash of 1929.
Earlier this month, the show teased a first look at series five with Murphy seen in-character as Shelby.
The image showed Murphy on the programme’s Manchester set wearing his now-iconic newsboy cap against a stormy background.
BBC One boss Charlotte Moore announced in August that Peaky Blinders would move from BBC Two to BBC One after its fourth series attracted an average consolidated audience of 3.3 million viewers.
Peaky Blinders returns to BBC One next year.
