Paul Anderson, the actor who plays Arthur Shelby in Peaky Blinders, has just gotten into big trouble, as he was recently arrested for drug possession. Reality ended up surpassing fiction and the British actor was arrested at the end of last year in the United Kingdom when questioned, several types of illegal substances and narcotics were found on him.
According to several media outlets, on December 26, Paul Anderson was arrested at a pub near his home because the manager of the place notified the authorities that “crack fumes were coming out of the disabled bathroom after the actor, allegedly, left the establishment.” This alert call led the police to ask the actor to accompany them to the police station, where the agents ended up discovering that Paul had strong drugs such as crack, amphetamines, diazepam, and pregabalin with him.
In order not to complicate the matter further, Paul Anderson pleaded guilty and a London court fined him 1,345 pounds sterling. However, the actor’s lawyer assured that his client did not use drugs, but that it was a misunderstanding since Paul was playing a character. That would have supposedly caused Paul to consume drugs that night, but it would all be part of a performance proposed by his followers.
Who Is Paul Anderson?
Paul Anderson is a British actor born on February 12, 1978 in London. In addition to his breakout role as Arthur Shelby in Peaky Blinders, he has had a diverse film career. Some of the films he has participated in include The Revenant (2015), where he played a character named Anderson, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), and In the Heart of the Sea (2015).
This story was written in Spanish by Mariana Martell in Cultura Colectiva.
