BBCThey got here of their flat caps, waistcoats and with an ice-cool stare – all hoping to be topped the very best lookalike of Peaky Blinders’ Tommy Shelby.
The competition passed off on Saturday in Birmingham metropolis centre and follows the craze of celebrity doppelganger competitions presently sweeping the globe.
Over 100 spectators gathered outdoors the Bullring to look at contributors step ahead with their finest impression of Cillian Murphy’s character.
Based mostly on ranges of applause and a judges’ opinions, 66-year-old Derek Brennan was named the winner.
“My appears to be like and my character received me the competitors, I am unable to assist however be the very best,” Mr Brennan joked.
Talking to the BBC, he stated he considered himself as too previous to be referred to as a lookalike however pals had all the time stated he resembled the hero of Steven Knight’s hit sequence.
“Individuals would inform me I appear like him [Cillian Murphy] however I all the time thought I might be too previous so I joke and say I might be his dad.”
Scholar Joe Freeman braved the rain and donned a swimsuit after listening to concerning the contest on Instagram.
He was so dedicated he acquired his hair lower the day earlier than.
“I actually love the Peaky Blinders and my auntie who’s American all the time says I appear like Thomas Shelby – I used to be going all out and right here to win.”
James Dunley, 22, and his dad Arthur travelled from Telford, Shropshire, to participate.
James stated being amongst followers made the occasion thrilling.
“I am Irish so I share that reference to Cillian and I am instructed that I’ve comparable options as him as nicely,” he stated.
“I am extra right here for the followers, the thrill and simply assembly all people.
“I turned an enormous fan of the present after folks stored telling me I appeared like Tommy.”
The sequence, which ran from 2013 to 2022, adopted the escapades of a Birmingham crime gang within the years after World Warfare One.
Now a Peaky Blinders film is coming to Netflix, with Oscar winner Murphy set to step again into his function as everybody’s favorite Brummie gangster.
