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Joe Freeman with James and Arthur Dunley, who each took portion successful the contention
They came successful their level caps, waistcoats and with an ice-cool look - each hoping to beryllium crowned the champion lookalike of Peaky Blinders' Tommy Shelby.
The contention took spot connected Saturday successful Birmingham metropolis centre and follows the craze of personage doppelganger competitions presently sweeping the globe.
Over 100 spectators gathered extracurricular the Bullring to ticker participants measurement guardant with their champion content of Cillian Murphy's character.
Based connected levels of applause and a judges' opinions, 66-year-old Derek Brennan was named the winner.
Derek Brennan said helium thought he'd beryllium excessively aged to beryllium crowned the winner
"My looks and my property won maine the competition, I can't assistance but beryllium the best," Mr Brennan joked.
Speaking to the BBC, helium said helium thought of himself arsenic excessively aged to beryllium called a lookalike but friends had ever said helium resembled the leader of Steven Knight's deed series.
"People would archer maine I look similar him [Cillian Murphy] but I ever thought I'd beryllium excessively aged truthful I gag and accidental I could beryllium his dad."
Student Joe Freeman braved the rainfall and donned a suit aft proceeding astir the contention connected Instagram.
He was truthful committed helium got his hairsbreadth chopped the time before.
"I truly emotion the Peaky Blinders and my auntie who is American ever says I look similar Thomas Shelby - I was going each retired and present to win."
A prize of a £500 buying spree was up for grabs
James Dunley, 22, and his dada Arthur travelled from Telford, Shropshire, to instrumentality part.
James said being amongst fans made the lawsuit exciting.
"I'm Irish truthful I stock that transportation with Cillian and I'm told that I person akin features arsenic him arsenic well," helium said.
"I'm much present for the fans, the excitement and conscionable gathering everybody.
"I became a immense instrumentality of the amusement aft radical kept telling maine I looked similar Tommy."
The series, which ran from 2013 to 2022, followed the escapades of a Birmingham transgression pack successful the years aft World War One.
Now a Peaky Blinders movie is coming to Netflix, with Oscar victor Murphy acceptable to measurement backmost into his relation arsenic everyone's favourite Brummie gangster.
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