“It feels like the right time for it to end.”

Sun’s out, fun’s out!

Unlike many actors, the stars ofPeakywent into the final season knowing it would be their last.

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For Thomas Shelby himself,Cillian Murphy, filming season 6 was all about staying focused.

“We didn’t think about it too much, I don’t think,” Murphy tells EW.

“We just wanted to make it the best it could be.”

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Cillian Murphy on ‘Peaky Blinders’.Robert Viglasky/BBC

“It was a difficult shoot because of the protocols.

“It did feel sad,” Finn Cole, who plays Michael, adds.

“You are wrapping up storylines, so that feels very poignant.

With that and the pandemic, it was emotional.

It’s this discipline.

When we were there, it was fully focused, no one was complaining.

That’s something I hope to take withe me to future projects.”

“Because everybody knew this was the last one, it’s done right,” she says.

“There’s a sense of finality to it that everybody will want.”

Peaky Blindersseason 6 hits Netflix June 10.