Is there something Rebecca Ferguson can’t do? Over time, she’s saved the world a number of occasions alongside Ethan Hunt as Mission: Inconceivable’s Ilsa Faust. She’s taken on sand, Spice, and Sardaukar warriors as Dune’s highly effective Woman Jessica. She’s been an astral-projecting immortal (albeit one who siphons life-force from murdering harmless kids) as Rose The Hat in Physician Sleep. However, as she enters the world of Peaky Blinders, enjoying a model new character in function movie Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Ferguson was clear: there really is one thing past her skills.
“Principally, I stated, ‘I can’t do a fucking Brummie [accent], mate, so what are we going to do about this?’” she laughs, chatting with Empire in our The Immortal Man problem. “‘That ain’t taking place. Might she be Swedish?’” That was her response to Cillian Murphy, who had urged her for the function of Kaulo – a mysterious new determine, an acquaintance of Murphy’s Tommy Shelby, whose precise operate within the story is but to be unveiled. Accent worries apart, all of it labored out – the function is Ferguson’s, and you’ll see a world-exclusive first picture of her above.
For all that Ferguson has appeared in a few of cinema’s largest franchises, the prospect of getting into Peaky was nonetheless daunting – as a beloved present with passionate followers, and one which has the fixed consideration of the press. “I try to keep away from occupied with all of the individuals who [love it], as a result of that’s simply going to freak me out,” she says. “It’s sufficient to know that after Cillian is on a horse, the paparazzi are taking photos. You perceive how huge it’s.” No matter function Kaulo performs, she exists in a lineage of Peaky Blinders’ formidable feminine figures. “I used to be additionally very a lot conscious of the characters which have been there, which might be not round, and paying homage to it,” Ferguson teases. Simply, don’t count on a Birmingham accent.
Learn Empire’s Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man cowl story – chatting with Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Rebecca Ferguson, Steven Knight and extra about delivering a Peaky Blinders expertise like no different – in the February 2026 problem, on sale Thursday December 18. Pre-order a replica on-line right here. Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man involves cinemas from March 6, and streams on Netflix from March 20.
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