Apple TV+’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Officially Ending: Rebecca Ferguson Breaks Silence on ‘Silo’ [Exclusive]

Netflix’s global hit series Peaky Blinders returns for its feature-length conclusion, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, this month, four years after the Season 6 finale premiered. Every season, the show has brought on massive star power for Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby to go head-to-head with, and ahead of the movie’s streaming premiere, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with Rebecca Ferguson (Dune) and Academy Award nominee Tim Roth (Rob Roy), the two powerhouses stepping into those roles.

While discussing their characters, exploiting Tommy's weaknesses, and Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts' script for Dune: Part Three, Weintraub also inquired about Ferguson's work on another streamer's bingeworthy series, the Apple TV sci-fi Silo. Based on author Hugh Howey's trilogy and created for television by Graham Yost (Justified), the dystopian series has kept viewers on the edge of their seats for two seasons, and neither the story nor production has taken its foot off the gas since. During this conversation, Ferguson revealed that at the time of the interview, she had "four more shooting days," confirming that filming has now officially wrapped for Ferguson's Juliette Nichols on the fourth and final season. She went on to say:

"I'm emotionally grieving, and I don't talk about it because I'll probably break down crying. I’m pushing it down."

For the cast and crew behind the series, Silo may be nearing its end, but for fans, Season 3 is just around the corner. Though we still don't have an official release date, Ferguson hints that we could be looking at a summer release. When asked when we could be getting Season 3, she offers, "Maybe in the middle of this year."

Check out the full interview in the video or transcript below, where Ferguson and Roth discuss how they approached playing antagonists and how Roth played a major role in the recreation of his character from script to screen.

Rebecca Ferguson Says She’s "Emotionally Grieving" as 'Silo' Comes to an End

"I don't talk about it because I'll probably break down crying."

COLLIDER: I want to start with some individual questions before I actually get into some movie stuff. So, I'm a big fan of Gareth Evans.

TIM ROTH: Me too, by the way.

Did you do A Colt Is My Passport?

ROTH: Yes. I did that nonsense craziness. Well, it was mad! I walked into complete bonkers. Lovely actors. Actually, Matthew Rhys warned me about him. Yeah, he just said, “You shouldn't work with him,” really, and said, “When you're in Cardiff, watch your wallet.” But I went there anyway, despite Matthew…

REBECCA FERGUSON: And poorer for it.

ROTH: And poorer for it. Yeah. Stole my wallet. Gareth stole my wallet.

He makes some cool action stuff.

ROTH: It was just mad. I’d never done anything like that before, so it was fun doing it.

I have two individual questions, actually, for you. You know I'm a huge fan of the Dune movies. What do you want to tease about Dune 3? I know I'm here for this, but I gotta ask.

FERGUSON: It's coming soon in a theater near you.

[Laughs] I knew that part. Do you want to tease anymore? What was your reaction to the script?

FERGUSON: It’s phenomenal. It's very rare. To be honest, I haven't done a film that has had three parts in it, so it's my first time. It's rare for me to watch something where you think it fundamentally just keeps getting better and better. I felt that way when I read the script. I love Dune one. I think two is a fundamentally fantastic continuation, and I'm excited about three.

Last thing for you, and then we're going to jump in. You know how much I love Silo. Have you wrapped on Season 4? Are you done?

FERGUSON: I have four more shooting days.

So you're just about at the end.

FERGUSON: Friday is my last day. I'm emotionally grieving, and I don't talk about it because I'll probably break down crying. I’m pushing it down.

When do you think I'll see Silo Season 3? I'm assuming it's this year.

FERGUSON: Maybe in the middle of this year.

So, summer. I’ll leave it there. Seriously, if you haven't seen Silo yet, it's phenomenal. It’s great. She’s amazing.

FERGUSON: You should watch it. It’s great. It’s four seasons.

ROTH: I don’t wanna. She’s in it.

FERGUSON: You can do it after six seasons of Peaky.

ROTH: Yeah, but I don’t want to watch you in anything.

I don't blame you. She's not good.

ROTH: It's offensive.

Tim Roth Completely Recreated His 'Peaky Blinders' Villain

"He's a good guy. He's trying to help."

One of the things I really like about your portrayal of Beckett in the film is that it's grounded. Sometimes I see antagonists in movies, and they play it so over-the-top, and it pulls me out of it. It's just not realistic. But I like the way you play the character. Can you talk about how you figured out the level of Beckett and the way you wanted to play him?

ROTH: Well, it was originally not written that way. Cillian asked me to play him, and I thought it would be fun to be a part of this madness that I'd heard about, because I haven't seen Peaky Blinders. So I read the script, and when I had my first meeting with Tom [Harper] and with Steven [Knight], we did the online thing, I said, “Can we flip it and make him like a geography teacher, from working class, smart and very pleasant, and communicative?” I mean, he's a good guy. He's trying to help. He's trying to end the war.

From his perspective.

ROTH: Or is it? But it's a performance. But he has to be able to communicate with these people. And if he comes from a class that they hate or from a world that they despise, immediately he doesn't stand a chance. So, let's bring him down and bring him in and make him more pragmatic, and just a guy. He's just a regular guy. But unfortunately, he loves a good fascist.

I have a part two to this. There's a scene where Beckett is talking to Duke, and he's basically saying, “I wish you were my son.” Do you think in that scene, he actually means it, or is he playing Duke in that scene?

FERGUSON: I’ll leave that to the audience. I can't give that one away. But yes, it's funny because that line has come up. Me and Cillian were talking about the mountain in the middle that divides Beckett and Tommy is the son, and the son becomes a weapon. Also, he feels his weakness as a parent, and my “parenting” of his son becomes a clashing point. You see where that goes, what road.

FERGUSON: It’s so interesting, as well, listening and doing interviews with Barry [Keoghan] being on the receiving end of that question, because his interpretation will be different to yours.

ROTH: Absolutely.

When I was watching the film, I really was wondering, because this could be a manipulation, or he could actually sincerely mean this. Who knows?

ROTH: Yes. Exactly.

FERGUSON: Just a nice guy.

ROTH: Oh, a very nice guy, I thought, my character.

No, 100%. I definitely would want to hang out with him.

FERGUSON: Me too!

ROTH: Yeah. You should. Everybody should.

100%. So, you get to work with Cillian a lot in the film, and I'm just curious, what does it cost as an actor to be in a Peaky Blinders movie? How much did you pay to be in the film?

FERGUSON: £250,000, approximately. And there's some royalty, but I'm hoping to get it back.

ROTH: But there’s still commission going.

FERGUSON: Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it's worth it. [Laughs] What did I have to pay? That feels like something negative in a sense of…

I'm just totally effing with you.

FERGUSON: Okay, good. You did this so well!

ROTH: So this is from the restraining order.

FERGUSON: Yes.

ROTH: Ah, gotcha!

Rebecca Ferguson's Character Exploits Tommy's Weakness

"Everyone has a purpose."

No, but you actually get to play the master manipulator of everything. You're pulling all the strings.

FERGUSON: Well, I think we both kind of come at it differently.

You’re right.

FERGUSON: That’s what Steven does so well. He takes a character, and he kind of puts them in this likeable — you, [Tim], created it — sort of exterior, but everyone has motive, and everyone has a reason. Everyone has a purpose. Is it selfish? Is it for their own benefit? Is it for the greater good? You come at it from your belief system, and I come at it from my belief system. But she knows when to enter. She knows that when we find him, he's in a very fragile state, and he is lonely, and his mind has all these ghosts and everything happening, and when better to take control of someone than when they’re at their weakest?

This is a question I've been asking a lot of people recently, it’s not about the film: Have you ever asked for someone's autograph?

FERGUSON: Never.

ROTH: I’m trying to think.

FERGUSON: No.

ROTH: I don't think so.

FERGUSON: Would you like it? I can ask Cillian.

ROTH: Yeah, could you? He won’t talk to me.

FERGUSON: No? A handshake.

If you could redo one scene from your career, what scene would it be and why?

ROTH: I wouldn't do it that way. There would be so many films I wouldn't make. You?

FERGUSON: God, that's too hard.

ROTH: That's a hard one.

FERGUSON: I sometimes feel with maybe the confidence, not that I'm better, but we grow and we mature. But you look at certain things you've done, and I wonder, “If I were to do that now, my choices would have been very different.” And I definitely have those moments in my career. It doesn't matter when, but I would have tried something or been braver, maybe.

ROTH: I think I would change the behavior on set, early inexperienced person behavior on set.

FERGUSON: Yours?

ROTH: Yeah. And those around. So you just go, “A better work environment would have been good over here. A more chaotic one would have been good over here.” I would go back and change that. The actual scenes themselves, [shrugs], you know.

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is now in select theaters and will be available to stream on Netflix on March 20.