black cigarettes peaky blinders Cillian Murphy says 'Oppenheimer' and 'Peaky Blinders' have put him off smoking Peaky Blinders Smoking : r/CillianMurphy

He also revealed to the Birmingham Mail another shocking detail about the difficulties of playing lead character Thomas Shelby, in an interview last year

Now Polly Gray star Helen McCrory has revealed the shocking truth about how many cigarettes the cast get through during filming

He admitted that after such an intense experience, hes ready to take on roles that dont involve smoking

I asked the prop guys to count how many we use during a series and it was three thousand.

Helen McCroy, who plays the formidable Polly Gray, revealed that the cast get through about 5,000 cigarettes during each series of the programme and Cillian Murphy's character gets through about 1,000 alone