BARRY KEOGHAN 'I WANT TO DO IT ALL AGAIN'

THE IRISH ACTOR OPENS UP ABOUT HIS TOUGH CHILDHOOD, THERAPY, PEAKY BLINDERS AND STARRING IN SABRINA CARPENTER'S VIDEO

Barry Keoghan made audiences gasp with his stand-out performance in Saltburn – and he’s now set to make waves all over again with his upcoming film Bird (due in cinemas in February 2025). In the coming-of-age drama, he plays Bug, a devoted but chaotic single father to a daughter. Following that, he’ll join Cillian Murphy in the upcoming Peaky Blinders film.

“Cillian will be like, ‘Zip it!’” the Irish actor, 32, tells WHO when he’s asked for details about the movie that will wrap up the period crime saga. “I read the script and it’s epic. It’s so feckin’ epic.”

You’ve worked with so many incredible filmmakers – Christopher Nolan, Emerald Fennell, Yorgos Lanthimos and now Andrea Arnold via Bird. How do you feel when you hear that list?

When I hear that list, I’m like, “I want to do it again.” You know what I mean? You know the way certain filmmakers have relationships with people they’ve worked with and they constantly work with them again or whatever. I’m sort of hoping for that, but it hasn’t happened yet. But, yeah, I’m blessed, man.

Is it true films have been your training ground in acting?

I’ve learned so much. I was never trained or done anything like that, so my whole education about film, that came through film. I mean, educated in different ways as well, like I kind of grew up with it.

You’ve worked with a lot of female directors, most recently on Bird. Is female energy something you gravitate towards?