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Barry Keoghan Talks ‘Bird,’ Emerald Fennell and Whether He’ll Reprise the Joker in ‘The Batman Part II’


Barry Keoghan weighs in on his Toronto Film Festival movie 'Bird,' Emerald Fennell's 'Wuthering Heights' and whether he'll preprise the Joker.

Barry Keoghan didn’t miss a chance to promote his young “ Bird ” co-star Nykiya Adams during an interview at the Variety Studio, sponsored by J.Crew and SharkNinja, during the Toronto Film Festival. Written and directed by Andrea Arnold, Bird stars Keoghan as Bug, a tattoo-covered young father living by the British seaside who struggles to devote time to his two children, including his daughter Bailey (Adams), a lonely 12-year-old on the cusp of puberty and seeking adventures elsewhere. Keoghan recently earned his first Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his role as the abused son of a police officer in Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin.” He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his turn as a psychotically obsessed college student in Emerald Fennell’s thriller “Saltburn.” Plus, he ventured into the world of music videos with Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” which features Keoghan playing a smitten, fist-fighting criminal.

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