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PEAKY Blinders actor Joe Cole said he left the BBC drama because “it’s Cillian’s show’”and he “never got out of the gates”.
The hit series centres around Cillian Murphy’s character Tommy Shelby, and Joe played his younger brother John.
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But Joe was killed off in the show in season four, and told Metro.co.uk: “With Peakly Blinders I never really got out of the gates in that role. It’s Cillian’s show really.
“I actually chose to leave Peaky Blinders because I wanted to explore new avenues, and new characters and new stories.”
For the last couple of years, this meant turning down a multitude of roles in other gang-related shows.
He went on to star in Sky Atlantic series, Gangs of London, a role that Joe found it hard to turn down.
He said: “When I received this, literally I read the title and I thought ‘no’.
“[But] I read the first episode and the synopsis and I was like ‘This could be something special’.”
Joe plays the lead character Sean Wallace, a London mob boss who wants to avenge the death of his father.
Despite being the protagonist, Joe insisted the show’s set up is different to Peaky Blinders.
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He said: “This show is more ensemble, it follows characters on a deep level.”
Gangs of London follows the struggles between rival groups and other criminal organisations in the British capital.
While Joe met a grisly end, Peaky Blinders has a history of bringing characters back from the dead.
Alfie Solomons, played by Tom Hardy, was previously resurrected, despite being shot in the head.
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