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After prancing through the hallways showing his man-ness in Saltburn, Barry Keoghan is back with a another illustrious ditty performance in Bird. In the Andrea Arnold movie, Keoghan plays a young father, and at one moment he croons an off-key version of Blur’s “The Universal” in what is a sweet moment with dance involved.
For the actor, music is a full commitment to the roles he plays.
“I don’t think I can dance. I’m a bad dancer,” the Oscar nominated actor confesses, “I think the beauty of dancing on screen is the effort to try.”
“Music plays a big part in everything I do, I know Andrea is hooked on music as well,” he said at the Cannes presser for the film. The filmmaker surrounding Keoghan with a playlist.
Arnold’s latest follows Bailey who lives with his brother Hunter and his father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.
Arnold was on the Cannes jury in 2012.
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