Helen McCrory and Cillian Murphy called for production on Peaky Blinders to be halted last month because they were “uncomfortable” filming as the coronavirus pandemic began to escalate.
TV and film productions across the world have now gone on hiatus due to the spread of the Covid-19 disease, with many governments bringing in lockdowns that stop people leaving their homes for non-essential reasons.
Shooting on Peaky Blinders was officially halted on 16 March, four days before U.K. officials announced pubs, restaurants and bars would have to close, and Helen has now revealed that she, Cillian and the show’s producers asked the BBC to halt production before they were told to.