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Barry Keoghan Nearly Lost His Arm to Flesh-Eating Disease, Says He’s No Longer a ‘Feckin’ Freak Child-Man’ After ‘Saltburn’: ‘Now I’m Just Man. Freak-Man.’
Barry Keoghan's “little freak child-man era" is over thanks to the success of "Saltburn."
Barry Keoghan has successfully made the jump from Oscar-nominated actor to internet thirst trap/boyfriend thanks to the success of “ Saltburn.” Emerald Fennell’s thriller has turned the 31-year-old actor into a new kind of sex symbol thanks to scenes in which he slurps Jacob Elordi’s bathwater, has sex with a grave and goes full frontal for an extended long take in which he dances to “Murder on the Dancefloor.” The actor told GQ magazine that he’s finally being seen as a man and not just a “freak child” in the aftermath of “Saltburn,” and it feels good. Martin McDonagh, the filmmaker who directed Keoghan to an Oscar nomination in 2022’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” said the actor’s freakiness is part of his charm. McDonagh grew close to Keoghan before “Banshees” started shooting as the actor ended up hospitalized before production after coming down with necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating disease.
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