Barry Keoghan opens up about Saltburn grave scene as he lost sight of cameras

11 February 2024 , 22:51

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Barry says he lost sight of the cameras and joked that he should get himself checked out (Image: Youtube/MGMStudios)

Saltburn star Barry Keoghan has spoken candidly about that grave scene.

The movie focuses on Oxford University scholarship holder Oliver Quick and his best friend Felix Catton (played by Jacob Elordi). Throughout the movie, Oliver struggles to fit in with his wealthy peers before becoming infatuated with Felix. Oliver's love for Felix is demonstrated in various parts of the flick.

Famously, one scene sees Felix relaxing in a bath while pleasuring himself in his luxury home as Oliver watches on in delight. Seconds later, he dived straight into the bath and slurped up the water and bodily fluids. But as if that wasn't shocking enough, he was later seen having sex with Felix's grave.

Barry Keoghan has opened up about that grave scene in Saltburn (Warner Bros/Amazon)

The Irish heartthrob, 31, previously stated that the scene was completely unscripted and he went with the flow but he's now shed more light on it. He said: "I mean, I shagged a grave in Saltburn, right? Can't get closer to death or getting mud diseases in your... I should get that checked."

Speaking during an interview with the Hot Ones podcast, Keoghan went on to add: "Saltburn really pushed it. Every role pushes it, and I like to be pushed. I don't want something comfy. I want to really artistically go there and there's moments on sets and movies where you lose sight of camera and you kind of get this, it's only for two seconds or so, but it's like this nauseous feeling when you're just so present and it's what we chase. We, as actors, chase it every time we go on set."

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Director and creator Emerald Fennell said the scene "goes from funny to horrible to terrible to sort of weirdly sexy to awful again." While filming the scene, Barry admitted he just let "his body lead the way" after he "planted seeds". Meanwhile, Fennell said: "I spoke to Barry in the morning. And I just said, 'I don't know, Barry. I think that he would... Unzip' and Barry just said 'Yup'."

He starred alongside Jacob Elordi (Chiabella James/Prime Video)

Keoghan went on to tell Entertainment Weekly: "On paper, he (Oliver) wasn't written to do that. But I wanted to see what actually happened, and where I would take it. I wanted to be confused and let my body lead the way. What am I doing? How can I get closer?" But while some may have been concerned by the grave scene and indeed the bathtub scene, Elordi previously admitted he was "thankful" that Barry slurped up his bodily fluids.

Speaking previously he told Variety: "I was like, 'Thank God, it's mine', I was very proud, I was very proud to have Barry Keoghan guzzling it like that."

Daniel Bird