{"id":18534,"date":"2024-11-23T18:51:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T18:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18534"},"modified":"2024-11-23T18:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T18:51:38","slug":"flat-caps-galore-at-tommy-shelby-lookalike-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18534","title":{"rendered":"Flat caps galore at Tommy Shelby lookalike contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Freeman with James and Arthur Dunley, who all took part in the contest <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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They came in their flat caps, waistcoats and with an ice-cool stare – all hoping to be crowned the best lookalike of Peaky Blinders’ Tommy Shelby.<\/p>\n

The contest took place on Saturday in Birmingham city centre and follows the craze of celebrity doppelganger competitions<\/a> currently sweeping the globe. <\/p>\n

Over 100 spectators gathered outside the Bullring to watch participants step forward with their best impression of Cillian Murphy’s character.<\/p>\n

Based on levels of applause and a judges’ opinions, 66-year-old Derek Brennan was named the winner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Derek Brennan said he thought he’d be too old to be crowned the winner<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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“My looks and my personality won me the competition, I can’t help but be the best,” Mr Brennan joked.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the BBC, he said he thought of himself as too old to be called a lookalike but friends had always said he resembled the hero of Steven Knight’s hit series.<\/p>\n

“People would tell me I look like him [Cillian Murphy] but I always thought I’d be too old so I joke and say I could be his dad.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Student Joe Freeman braved the rain and donned a suit after hearing about the contest on Instagram. <\/p>\n

He was so committed he got his hair cut the day before.<\/p>\n

“I really love the Peaky Blinders and my auntie who is American always says I look like Thomas Shelby – I was going all out and here to win.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A prize of a \u00a3500 shopping spree was up for grabs<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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James Dunley, 22, and his dad Arthur travelled from Telford, Shropshire, to take part. <\/p>\n

James said being amongst fans made the event exciting.<\/p>\n

“I’m Irish so I share that connection with Cillian and I’m told that I have similar features as him as well,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I’m more here for the fans, the excitement and just meeting everybody.<\/p>\n

“I became a huge fan of the show after people kept telling me I looked like Tommy.”<\/p>\n

The series, which ran from 2013 to 2022, followed the escapades of a Birmingham crime gang in the years after World War One.<\/p>\n

Now a Peaky Blinders film is coming to Netflix<\/a>, with Oscar winner Murphy set to step back into his role as everyone’s favourite Brummie gangster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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