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‘Peaky Blinders’ Star Joe Cole on How ‘Nightsleeper’ Differs From His Past Roles: ‘I Am Usually Killing People or Stabbing Them’


‘Peaky Blinders’ star Joe Cole talks upcoming show ‘Nightsleeper,’ made by Framantle’s Euston Films for BBC One.

The story itself is grim enough, so find the humor!,” he notes, also mentioning a recent turn in “A Small Light” about Miep Gies, Dutch woman who helped hide Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis. In “Nightsleeper,” produced by Fremantle ’s Euston Films for BBC One and mainly set on a train from Glasgow to London, off-duty cop Joe (Cole) needs to team up with a National Cyber Security Centre worker Abby (Alexandra Roach) – and the rest of the passengers – to prevent tragedy. “It has a Hollywood blockbuster in its makeup and reminded me of ‘Speed.’ But essentially, it’s a very British story with regards to the characters, because we deal with intense challenges through drinking and humor,” laughs Cole.

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