British TV series "Peaky Blinders" has a lot of celebrity fans, including late singer David Bowie, who sent its lead star Cillian Murphy a photo of himself with razor blades sewn into the cap which the actor wore on the show.
"Peaky Blinders" returns to Netflix on Tuesday for a third season, with Murphy's real-life 1920s gangland boss Tommy Shelby orchestrating yet more post-WWI violence from the cobbled streets of Birmingham (the central English city).
According to the show's creator Steven Knight, Bowie, who died in January, sent the snap to Murphy out of the blue, said The Hollywood Reporter.
"Cillian heard that he was a fan. At the end of the first series, Cillian was given the cap he wore throughout the shoot, in a glass case. He smashed the case, sent the cap to Bowie and Bowie sent a photo back of himself with razor blades sewn into the cap," Knight said.
Before his death, Bowie had even ensured that the show could use his music, and apparently a Sony representative played Knight his last album "Black Star" before it as officially released.
"So, we contacted his people and asked if he'd like his music on the series and they were really keen. I had someone come to my house to play Black Star before it was released. They didn't say anything about his state of health, and a couple of days later it was announced he had died. We continued talking and episode five will have Bowie's music in it."
Other celebrity fans of "Peaky Blinders" are Dennis Lehane, Michael Mann and Snoop Dogg.
