Irish actor Barry Keoghan appeared in 2022’s black tragicomedy movie The Banshees of Inisherin, directed and co-produced by Martin McDonagh. The movie also stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson who reunited once again after starring together in 2008’s In Bruges.
The movie premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival where it received a positive response. Upon its theatrical release worldwide, the movie received critical acclaim with special mention for Martin McDonagh’s direction and screenplay. The movie received a total of nine nominations at the 95th Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. The Banshees of Inisherin is regarded as one of the significant movies of the 20s and now it has managed to break one more record.
Barry Keoghan starrer The Banshees of Inisherin joins 1-million watch club on Letterboxd
Barry Keoghan appeared as Dominic Kearney in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin in 2022, which not only received critical acclaim upon its release but has now joined the club of movies with 1 million watch club on Letterboxd.
Letterboxed is one of the biggest and most popular social media platforms offering a minimalist yet fun layout and creating space for movie enthusiasts to come together and share their favorite movies through a very accessible social interaction system. Movies that hit the one million mark on the platform are considered a big deal.
The Banshees of Inisherin is a heartfelt movie that explores the themes of loneliness, death, and political disputes in Ireland. In an interview with THR, the director-writer shared that he always knew he wanted to reunite Collin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson had sent them the scripts in 2015 which he reworked in 2019. He said,
“I re-read the first few pages, and they were actually good. But then it goes to shit, so I chucked all the crap out and just wrote it from scratch. “
While speaking to ScreenDaily, the director mentioned that one of the significant themes of the movie is the platonic relationship between two males, which is hardly shown on-screen. He said that most of the male friendships are shown in buddy comedies or as silly in some way noting that they are never really the prime focus. The director added that making it a platonic male breakup gave it much more sadness and depth than if it had been a romantic breakup.
Apart from Keoghan’s The Banshees of Inisherin, Timothée Chalamet’s recording-breaking recent release Dune: Part Two was the latest addition to the list.
Barry Keoghan explains how he manifested working with Martin McDonagh in The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan who won the BAFTA Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as Dominic in The Banshees of Inisherin shared that he manifested working with McDonagh.
In an interview with the LA Times, the actor shared that he had put up a picture of Martin McDonagh on his phone and manifested working with him. He explained,
“Martin emailed me. He said something like, ‘I’ve written a part for you in my new movie and I’d love to meet you and talk to you about it.’ I said yes right away—I didn’t even read the script. He’s one of the best filmmakers out there and he’s Irish as well. This movie is about home, so to be a part of that and to be in McDonagh squad was nice.”
Dominic Kearney’s character deals with an abusive father and unrequited love for Pádraic’s sister Siobhán but the actor didn’t want his character to feel overly tragic on-screen. Talking about that he said that he tries to bring honesty to his characters and make them feel like they’ve never been seen before.
For Dominic, Saltburn actor added that he wanted to make him look new and fresh as this movie is something no one has seen before. The actor was able to embrace spontaneity on set and try different versions of the character which evolved to be one of the fan-favorite characters.
The Banshees of Inisherin is streaming on Hulu.
