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Irish actor Barry Keoghan shared a poignant message in his latest interview as he opened up about feeling a 'massive loneliness' amid his speculated romance with fellow actress and singer Sabrina Carpenter.
Barry and the American singer, 24, were spotted on what appeared to be a date in L.A last month, with it later reported the rumoured couple were due to make their red carpet debut at the Golden Globes earlier this week.
But Nonsense singer Sabrina was nowhere to seen next to Barry as he attended the star-studded event on Monday night. The dad-of-one, 31, has since opened up about his personal life in a revealing new interview.
The Dublin native, who shares son Brando, one, with ex Alyson Kierans, currently stars in the new coming-of-age movie Saltburn alongside actors Jacob Elordi, who is best known for starring as Noah Flynn in the Netflix hit The Kissing Booth, Gone Girl actress Rosamund Pike, Irish star Alison Oliver, and Loki actor Richard E. Grant.
It had been rumoured Sabrina Carpenter would join Barry Keoghan at the Golden Globes on Monday (Matt Baron/BEI/REX/Shutterstock)
But the Saltburn actor posed for snaps alone before heading inside for the star-studded event (Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Ima)The rising star won a Bafta for The Banshees Of Inisherin last year and was nominated for an Academy Award for the same supporting role in the dark comedy. His latest film, the psychological thriller Saltburn, sees him in the lead and earned him critical praise along with a Golden Globe nod for best actor in a motion picture – drama.
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The movie star took to the red carpet for the movie premiere in New York in November., Keoghan revealed that during the premiere in “one of the noisiest, busiest cities in the world”, New York, he felt like he was alone. He confessed: "There’s a loneliness as well, that comes with this. A massive loneliness. It’s hard not to talk about that or to pretend that’s not there."
Opening up about his upbringing, the actor confessed to GQ magazine that he still thinks of his mother, who struggled with drug addiction and died when he was a child when he is by himself. He added: "My mother, always. She’s many years passed now, but I always think about her anyway. It’s always just in and around achievements that it’s really prominent – cause you’d like to celebrate that (with her you know)?”
Keoghan, who grew up in inner-city Dublin and was placed in a dozen foster homes along with his brother before going to live with his grandmother, said it does not feel 'real' to be making Hollywood movies. "This is not real, is it? It can’t be real. I’m gonna wake up right now. In a second, I’ll be like, ‘f***, man – that was some dream’," he added.
His role in Saltburn, directed by Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell, sees him play a student named Oliver Quick who is struggling to find his place at Oxford University. Oliver then is drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, played by Euphoria actor Jacob Elordi, and his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, Saltburn.
A scene where his character comes of age in the film has made Keoghan happy as he says he is "not just being looked at as the weird-looking guy, the unique f*****’ freaky little freak man-child, freak child-man, whatever you want to call it", according to GQ.
He also said his "prettiness didn’t get me this far" but being seen in another way "opens up other lanes for me, it’s part of the leading man thing." The star has also been in Dunkirk, The Killing Of The Sacred Deer, Top Boy, Love/Hate and Eternals, and is set to appear in upcoming war drama series Masters Of The Air alongside Austin Butler.