black cigarettes peaky blinders Fun fact 🎬 Cillian Murphy smoked an estimated 18,000 while playing Tommy Shelby in Blinders, but he doesn't smoke in real life. To handle the constant on screen smoking, the Cillian Murphy smoked an estimated

Laughing at the memory, Helen admitted the situation behind the scenes was worse than they thought

Peaky Blinders unmasked: Staggering amount actors smoke on set in BBC show exposed PEAKY BLINDERS actor Cillian Murphy has revealed the staggering amount of cigarettes he goes through while portraying fictional Birmingham gangster Thomas Shelby'

Reacting to a collective gasp from the audience at the mammoth number, Helen assured: But no actors were killed in the making of this programme

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He told Express.co.uk: They were backstreet thugs and petty criminals whose main objective was to show off their fighting prowess