Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ bid to run in the 2024 presidential election has encountered a stumbling block that we’ve seen arise quite often: copyright claims. Thanks to a recent ad using footage of Cillian Murphy from the Netflix series Peaky Blinders without permission, DeSantis has attracted attention from several key figures of the show’s creative team. That in turn has led to Murphy, Steven Knight, and other parties involved in the series to send out a message in response to these actions.
Taking to the official Twitter page for the show, a statement was provided as an official reaction to Ron DeSantis’ ad, which uses a couple of dialogue-free clips involving Cillian Murphy’s Thomas Shelby. You can read the statement in its entirety below:
