Discussion expands to broader themes of resilience and advocacy
4 Sep 22 5:38 PM · 1d ago · 53 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 4
Comments moved beyond film analysis to reflect on Keoghan's broader significance—his advocacy for children in state care, his boxing background, and his transformation of hardship into artistic achievement—portraying him as a survivor and role model.
“He's one of my favourites of this newer generation of performers. He's a fantastic actor who advocates for kids in state care, seems like a nice person who's taken a lot of crap from the online mob.”
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It was so real, like being there watching someone's life in front of you.
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Kids in Foster homes have to invent new identities often to please new people in their lives. Especially those homes who are only in it for the money. It's a form of survival. Well intentioned people don't necessarily understand the needs of kids lost in the system. Once in, never really out.
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My first introduction to Barry Keoghan. Became someone I added to my list of favorite actors. Barry in #Saltburn: magnifico!
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An incredible actor! One of my favorite ever since The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
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Haven't actually seen this film but what really strikes me about this scene is the way his eyes shift the character in and out of contact with his object of desire, the actual person, as he looks at her, and his abstract object of longing, a yet-realised future, looking away into the distance.
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Honestly—I think great actors are born not made. Barry is brilliant.
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He was absolutely brilliant in that! I love that he's not conventionally handsome, which makes a character all the more believable for me.
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Of all the performances in this amazing film, his is the one that fully undid me.
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He’s one of my favourites of this newer generation of performers. He’s a fantastic actor who advocates for kids in state care, seems like a nice person who’s taken a lot of crap from the online mob. And he’s a boxer, so I automatically have an affinity for him.
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…but somehow turned a profoundly difficult childhood into extraordinary artistic talent. ☮️
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“There goes that dream!” 😢😢 He is sublime!! And this scene guts me every single time!!
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I imagine being passed around the foster system would be great training to be an actor. Having to please multiple people while the scene changes almost daily.
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Wow, he is a natural talent. He’s got some big acting mojo.
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The late Sam Neill was of the opinion that either you can act or you can’t — I believe he had no formal training which, according to his book, irritated one particular co-star.
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I recently re-watched Dunkirk on a big screen, and Keoghan's performance during the most pulse-pounding moments is one I won't ever forget.
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"...there goes that dream..." probably the one piece of script every writer wish they'd written. That and Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman."
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A person learns to act (be whoever the foster parents want) in order to survive in foster homes, especially that many.
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I had no idea. As a former foster kid I can’t even explain how throughly he beat the odds.
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I freakin’ love that guy. Everything I’ve seen in him is outstanding. Good for him!
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I am still baffled at how nobody was shocked, in the scene, when Colin Farrell blurted out the fact that the police officer father was "fiddling" with his son. I am just as baffled that nobody I spoke to about it saw the problem. I feel like I missed some subtlety.
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Devastatingly real. The way his eyes shift back & forth, you can almost see the Dream space he cherished in his mind, and now reality tossing all the sacred pictures & souvenirs of the Maybe into the wind to sink in the lake. I heaved such a huge sigh...
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Me too. Great scenery, great acting. Awful film. My wife and I were the only cinema-goers who stayed to the end in the screening we saw. Everybody else walked out.
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He was also good in “Chernobyl.” I loved “The Banshees of Inisherin.” A beautiful film, with four great performances.
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This means so much personally, because I spent part of my childhood in abusive foster care.
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