We spoke w/ BarryKeoghan about TheBansheesofInisherin, Martin McDonagh, acting, playing the Joker in TheBatman, and so much more. You can either read or watch our conversation in the link.
With writer-director Martin McDonagh’s fantastic film, The Banshees of Inisherin, now playing in theaters, I recently conducted an extended and wide-ranging interview with an actor that has really impressed me the past few years, Barry Keoghan.
COLLIDER: I just wanted to start with how much I've really been enjoying your work. It's fantastic in this movie, and I just appreciate what you're doing.I have a ton of questions about a variety of subjects, so here we go. If someone has actually never seen anything that you've done before, what is the first thing you want them watching and why?
If you have a huge scene on a Monday, you know it's going to be emotional or dramatic, or you know it's really a scene that you want to deliver on, how early on are you preparing for that scene? Is it weeks out you're thinking about it, or do you hyper-focus on Saturday? 100 [percent]. It's how you get there. I heard you were a big fan of Martin's work, and you had a picture of him on your phone. So what did it mean to you to actually have him say, "Hey, I want you for this?"
I can't imagine being such a fan and then getting cast in the movie. Did you put any extra pressure on yourself for those first few days on set when Martin is first getting to know you and watching you work? KEOGHAN: Yeah, you will be. I mean, that's what any director kind of... especially anyone that you admire. The first line or the first kind of thing is always like, am I going to be recast or... But when I done it, and he'd say, "Oh brilliant.
And then Christopher Nolan is very... you're on a Christopher Nolan set, so that says it all. They all have their own ways. They all have their own ways, but have a great understanding of their actors and actresses and how they communicate with them, and very gentle, so... KEOGHAN: It is. Funny you said that. When I was doing a scene, I was like, I'm with Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell and Kerry. These three actors, they are Ireland's... if you get me. To be in that crew and that company is just amazing. Martin as well, watching him direct them. I remember, I think it was the pub scene, where I wasn't really in it that much, but I was there, and I was watching all of them go back and forth.
KEOGHAN: Thank you. Yeah, Matt's amazing. I mean, again, it's sort of like you go into a numbness when you're there, because you forget. Again, another great director at communicating what he wants in the most delicate way, and making you understand. That's the most important thing for me, is being able to understand what my director wants. But he's just amazing.
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