Barry Keoghan is never seen acting. The 31-year-old native of Summerhill, Ireland, slips so seamlessly into his characters, it’s easy to forget you’re watching a performance.
And it’s intended as a compliment — no matter how unsavory the character or fantastical the situation, Keoghan is always completely believable.
Take Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2017 film “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” in which he portrayed Martin, a teenage boy who blames the death of his father on the doctor played by Colin Farrell.
He calmly informs the physician that he must pick someone in his family to kill or they will all die. Martin isn’t threatening to hurt anyone — he’s simply laying out the “rules” and he is powerless to stop them.
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