Sam Claflin's mysterious role in Peaky Blinders season 5 has finally been unveiled thanks to new on-set pictures from filming.

The Hunger Games star's role has been kept tightly under wraps ever since he was announced, though it has now emerged that he will be playing real-life fascist leader Oswald Mosley.

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The politician was the leader of the British Union of Fascists, before which he was a member of parliament, and it looks like he will cross paths with new MP Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) in season 5.

In the new pictures, we see posters adorned with Mosley's face advertising a rally, as well as a group of followers giving fascist salutes.

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Alongside Claflin, new additions to the cast for the next season include The New Mutants' Anya Taylor-Joy, The Bisexual's Brian Gleeson and Hollyoaks' Emmett J Scanlan.

However, one person that definitely won't be joining is David Beckham, who recently sent fans into overdrive after posting pictures from the show's set.

Reps for Peaky Blinders have since told Digital Spy: "We are not aware of David Beckham appearing in series five of Peaky Blinders."

So no Becks in Birmingham, we're afraid.

Peaky Blinders will move to BBC One when it returns later in 2019.



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