Tom Hardy pushed for a return to Peaky Blinders despite his character being believed to be dead.
Peaky Blinders continues on Sundays at 9pm on BBC One.
Solomons was shot by Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) at the climax of season four, leaving fans to assume he was dead.
Knight said: “The plan changed, let me put it that way – because Tom does love this character.”
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