Hats off to Cillian Murphy as star’s film fedora in ‘Oppenheimer’ is proving a smash hit

Cillian Murphy (right, with co-star Matt Damon) wearing his fedora in 'Oppenheimer'. Photo: Universal Pictures

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First it was caps, now it is hats: actor Cillian Murphy just cannot shake off his influential style icon credentials.

Sales of newsboy and flat caps took off thanks to the Peaky Blinders TV series in which Murphy’s gangland character, Thomas Shelby, wore his with particular menace – and a hidden blade to injure his rivals. By the end of the series, Shelby had progressed to wearing snazzy hats.