Peaky Blinders director shares first season 6 spoilers – with Tommy Shelby facing death
PEAKY Blinders' director has shared the first spoilers for season six - with Tommy Shelby facing death after "unresolved" breakdown.
Season five of the hit BBC show ended with Tommy (Cillian Murphy) holding a gun to his head in a field as he screamed before the screen cut to black.
Fans are desperate to know his fate, and now director Anthony Byrne has revealed what state Tommy is in at the start of season six.
He told : "Yeah, it picks up directly. So, the very first image you will see will be back in that field… Tommy, with a gun to his head.
"Then, we will move on from there, we resolve that amazing moment… it’s great."
Tommy had found himself driven to the edge of a nervous breakdown after he kept seeing his dead wife Grace, and when his assassination attempt on fascist leader Oswald Mosley failed, Tommy was filled with despair.
Meanwhile, Anthony also recently shut down a fan theory that Oswald (Sam Claflin) had sex with Gina Grey in the season five finale.
Oswald was seen having sex with a mystery blonde before his final address at the British Union of Fascists rally.
While viewers didn't see the blonde's face, many speculated it could be Gina Grey (Anya Taylor-Joy), wife of Michael Grey, Tommy Shelby's cousin.
However director Anthony, shot down any fan hopes of an illicit romance between the pair.
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Speaking to , he said: "I would've shown Anya Taylor-Joy, there would have been a reason, it would have been more shocking to see her and know once and for all.
"But no, I don't remember her name, she was a really lovely woman who came in and did that scene.
"It definitely wasn't Anya Taylor-Joy and it certainly wasn't a stand-in for her character. So yeah, no is the answer."
Peaky Blinders is available to stream on BBC iPlayer