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Sunday World
6 days ago
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- Sunday World
Barry Keoghan was so nervous meeting Ringo Starr he ‘couldn't look at him'
The 32-year-old is set to play the drummer in an upcoming four-part Beatles biopic. Barry Keoghan has said he was so nervous meeting Ringo Starr that he couldn't even look at him. The 32-year-old Dubliner is set to play The Beatles drummer in an upcoming four-part biopic. 'I sat opposite him and I could not look at him because I was nervous and his wife Barbara was there and she said, 'You can look at him',' he said at Fast Net Film Festival in West Cork this weekend. 'Every time I looked at him I saw myself in his glasses. 'I said to him: 'I am not coming here to quiz you. I am coming to find out what made you and how the contrast was going back to Liverpool after Beatlemania,' he continued. 'We can all do imitation but I wanted to know where it came from. He was so on the money.' Ringo Starr He described doing 'Beatles Bootcamp' as an 'absolute joy', sharing that he's been learning to walk and talk like the 84-year-old. 'It's a place of failing, a place of learning and trying. That's the process I'm in now. It's a playground for me.' 'The drumming is going great,' he continued. 'I've been doing it for like six, seven months. I've got blisters on my hands now.' Keoghan will star alongside Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison. Each of the four films, which will focus on one the members of the band, will be released in the same month as part of The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event. Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison at the announcement of The Beatles films. Photo: PA Keoghan has recently starred in box office hits such as Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin, and Dunkirk. Earlier this month, he revealed he was not allowed into a Dublin cinema while attending the premiere of Dunkirk, as he had previously been barred. During a tour of the city with Hollywood Authentic, Keoghan revealed that he was known to staff in Cineworld, and when he showed up to the Dunkirk premiere, they didn't believe he was in the film. 'This is the main cinema I used to go to, on the mitch from school,' he said of the Parnell Street picture house. Keoghan went on to explain that when he had no money to pay in he would break in through a back stairway, which eventually got him barred. 'I remember coming to the Dunkirk premiere, and getting in here, and them not knowing that I was in the film. 'They were like, 'You're not allowed in.' 'I said, 'It's my movie, though.' 'They were like, 'No, no. You're not allowed in.' 'It was a whole thing… It was just a turning point for me.' 'All the people in the cinema now, I know,' he added, pointing at a poster of Chris Hemsworth, adding: 'I just worked with him.' Barry Keoghan News in 90 Seconds - May 28th
Daily Record
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Saltburn star Barry Keoghan opens up about his drugs battle saying 'I'm an addict'
The Irish actor, who also found acclaim in films such as The Banshees if Inisherin opposite Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, spoke about his own drugs experiences as well as the loss of his family members as a result of their own addictions. Saltburn star Barry Keoghan has opened up about his drug addiction battle admitting he is considers himself an addict. The Irish actor, who also found acclaim in films such as The Banshees of Inisherin opposite Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, spoke about his own drugs experiences as well as the loss of his family members as a result of their own addictions. He said: 'I'm not in denial anymore." The actor said that his "curiosity" after his family's history of addiction was "detrimental," as well as sharing where he is now in his sobriety journey. He opened up about his struggles with substance abuse and his family's history of addiction, which took the lives of not just his parents but several family members. "I'm not in denial anymore. I understand that I do have an addiction, and I am an addict," Keoghan, 32, said. "You know, when you accept that, you finally can move on, and learn to work with it." In an interview with Hollywood Authentic he detailed growing up in Dublin as he revisited the home he and his brother, Eric, lived in following years of foster care amid their mother's struggles with addiction. Keoghan's mother, Debbie, passed away in 2003 from a heroin overdose. "I remember being kids here and hearing my mum scream through the letterbox, asking for us, while she's battling addiction, while she's looking for money to score," Keoghan said. "And we were just told to stay in bed. We weren't to go down and hug her." He added: "My father passed away as a result of similar and I lost my mum to it. I've lost two uncles and a cousin to drugs. That should be enough to go, 'OK, if I dabble here, I'm f--ked," he said. "Your curiosity is a powerful thing," Keoghan, who shares son, Brando, two, with ex Alyson Sandro, added ."Sometimes it's beneficial, and sometimes it's detrimental. For me, it was detrimental. 'Even my own son coming into this world didn't stop me from being curious. You know, you go to LA, you go to Hollywood, wherever the big scene is. 'There's an enormous amount of pressure, and a different lifestyle that is good and bad for you. You're around the scene. You just happen to be the one that ends up doing it." During the interview, Keoghan rolled up his sleeves, revealing scars on his arm. "I've got scars here to literally prove it. They're a result of using," he said. "I'm at peace now, and responsible for everything that I do. I'm accepting. I'm present. I'm content. I'm a father. I'm getting to just see that haze that was once there -- it's just a bit sharper now, and colourful." Keoghan said: I feel like I've arrived. I apologise, too, mainly to myself more than anything else for all the pain I've put people and myself through." He also credited his driver, Niall, for taking him to a rehab facility to get treatment. "Niall literally drove me and put me on a plane himself, came with me and brought me to the rehab in England," Keoghan said, adding that he returned to the treatment centre. "It was nice to see the staff again and for them to see the change in me. They were quite emotional about it." "I'm forever grateful. When I say that Niall is the best, I mean it, because no one else put me on the plane, by the hand, literally got on the plane with me," he added. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community!
New York Post
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Amazing Race' host Phil Keoghan reveals the most ‘physically insane thing' he's ever done
Phil Keoghan's one amazing race! The New Zealand native is no stranger to traveling the world, especially while hosting 37 seasons of 'The Amazing Race.' Keoghan, 57, himself has had quite the adventure around the globe — with one in particular being the craziest. 'I did retrace a 1928 Tour de France on an original 1928 Tour de France bicycle that weighed twice as much as a modern bike and had no gears,' he exclusively told The Post at a fundraiser for the Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firefighter's Fund put on by the Television Academy Foundation last Sunday. 9 Phil Keoghan attends the 2025 Emmys Pickleball Slam presented by the Television Academy Foundation at The Calabasas Pickleball Club on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Calabasas, Calif. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP 9 Phil Keoghan talks to Alexandra Bellusci of the New York Post. 'I road 33 hundred miles in 26 days completely circumnavigating France. That was probably one of the more physically insane things that I have ever done.' Along with the physically grueling challenge of a 1928 Tour de France, the television personality revealed the places that rank highest as his favorites. 9 'The Amazing Race' host Phil Keoghan kicks off his cross country bike ride on March 28, 2009 in Santa Monica, California. WireImage 9 Phil Keoghan hosts 'The Amazing Race.' CBS via Getty Images 'I love going home to New Zealand because I'm originally from there,' Keoghan shared. 'I love going anywhere new. Someplace I haven't been before. I've been back to India — goodness knows how many times. Literally 20 something times. I love Italy because I love food and the culture. What's not to love about travel in general? South America is awesome. I love Buenos Aires, it's an incredible city. I just love traveling.' One place in particular he's looking to cross off the bucket list is a very chilly continent. 'I've got to get to Antarctica,' confessed Keoghan. 'I really, really do. I really, really want to get there. A lot of people talk about the Drake's Passage that you have to get through if you take a ship. If you go from New Zealand, it's a seven-hour flight or something like that, but I think the Drake's Passage would be a good one to tick off the bucket list.' 9 Host Phil Keoghan greets the racers at the first Pit Stop in Fort Christian, St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands. CBS via Getty Images 9 'The Amazing Race.' CBS via Getty Images And when it comes to travel tips and tricks, the connoisseur has it covered. 'I say you've got to really plan for things going wrong. Getting stuck on a plane, and you've got to fill in time,' Keoghan told The Post. 'So take a good book,' he continued. 'Or make sure you take a camera, definitely a good one to have. Eye mask, earplugs. A layer to keep warm. It can get very cold in airports if you're delayed and stuck in an airport. But the most important thing would be just take something that can keep you occupied and just chill.' 9 Phil Keoghan on 'Amazing Race.' philiminator/Instagram Keoghan has hosted 'The Amazing Race' since the CBS reality television competition show's debut in 2001. The TV vet has seen people from all walks of life take home the $1 million dollar prize after competing on a 23,800-mile race around the globe. 'I have to say, if you look at all the winners on 'Amazing Race' they are all so vastly different,' he said. 'There's not a blueprint and that's one of the reasons the show works.' Keoghan called the show 'unpredictable' and said the winners are 'varied and vast.' 'We really pride ourselves on having a really diverse cast in terms of really representing all of America, regardless of who people vote for, what their ethnic background is, who they chose to love, where they chose to live,' he told The Post. 'Whatever it is, we try to, as much as possible, show the audience all of America.' 9 Emmy winning host Phil Keoghan hosting 'The Amazing Race.' CBS via Getty Images Keoghan noted, 'We've been doing that from day one. Because of that diversity, you're going to get people who think differently, act differently, compete differently, and I think that's one of the strengths of the show.' In 2023, the Emmy winner shared some casting secrets while speaking with The Post. 'I think the No. 1 thing is don't try to be like any other team that's ever been on 'Amazing Race' for a start. There will never be another globetrotting team,' Keoghan stated at the time. 'There will never be another set of cowboys … Every team that we've ever had on 'Amazing Race,' we try to cast because they're unique and they're different, and there's so much of that in America.' 9 Phil Keoghan hosting 'The Amazing Race.' CBS 'So my advice to anybody is just be yourself. And be enthusiastic,' he reinforced. 'And trust me, if you stick out like a sore thumb for whatever reason, and we see it's real, then you've got a good shot.' 'But there really is no magic formula because if you look at the difference between the teams and all the different teams that we have — what was that song on Sesame Street? 'One of these things is not like the other.' If you look at every single team, they're just so different. They're tall, short, black, white, old, young, married, not married, siblings, best friends. The dynamics are also different, and that's why the show works, I think.'
Irish Examiner
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Barry Keoghan and Nicola Coughlan provide star power for Fastnet Film Festival in West Cork
Schull may not have had Cannes-style weather over the weekend, but pound-for-pound the film festival in the West Cork village punched way above its weight in terms of star power. The usual population of about 700 was swollen to capacity for the Fastnet Film Festival, with the great and the good of the film world coming together for screenings, discussions and to just generally hang out in the picturesque setting. There's Barry Keoghan giving up his seat for an elderly woman in Amar's Café; or look, that's Rebecca Miller in the Church of Ireland Hall (temporarily renamed The Plaza) introducing her film about her father Arthur Miller. Robert Sheehan, Domhnall Gleeson, top director Lenny Abrahamson, American star Bill Pullman, etc, etc. A few of the Fastnet Film Centre in Schull during the festival. Keoghan was the hottest ticket in town for his Sunday lunchtime chat with Maureen Hughes, the casting director who signed him for his breakthrough role in Love/Hate. Sitting on a sedately-lit stage, the 32-year-old gradually warmed to the format, opening up with insights and anecdotes from his incredible rise in the industry. Among those singled out for praise was fellow Irish actor Cillian Murphy, whom Keoghan has worked with on Peaky Blinders and Dunkirk. 'He's got such a work ethic and a discipline. There's no slacking with him,' said Keoghan. The Dubliner is currently preparing for his role as Ringo Starr in a series of four Beatles films, and showed the welts on his hands from all the drumming practice in bootcamp. That momentous project will take up at least the next 15 months of Keoghan's life, but he indicated he's happy to immerse himself in the project. 'My approach to Beatles movie is entirely different than anything I've ever done,' he said. 'In how I've stepped forward. And also being sober and has now allowed me artistically to go down further in a constructive way.' He also revealed how a meeting with Starr himself helped set him for the role, even if he was reluctant to reveal with the Beatles' legend said to him. Domhnall Gleeson at the Fastnet Film Festival in Schull. Picture: Dan Linehan Nicola Coughlan of Derry Girls and Bridgerton also commanded a full house in Schull, and explained how she'd been out the night before with her former co-star Siobhan McSweeney. Apparently, the Cork actress had momentarily lapsed into Sister Michael mode, reprimanding Coughlan for requesting a Guiness: 'You'll have Beamish instead!' As well as listing some of the lucky breaks and hard work that led to her getting such roles as wee Clare Devlin, and Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton, Coughlan also spoke of using her position to do some good for the world, values she said she inherited from both her parents, including her late father, a soldier who had served with the UN in Jerusalem. Nicola Coughlan, centre, pictured with Cork Airport's Barry Holland and Tara Finn, on her way to Schull for the Fastnet Film Festival. Picture: Cork Airport The 38-year-old Galway woman is one of a small group of prominent actors to speak out on the plight of the Palestinians, and has used her social media to help raise over €2m for a children's charity in the region. "At this point in time, I really wish more people would speak up. If you're advocating for innocent people, you should never be afraid of what you say,' she stated. Hilary McCarthy, the festival's director of communications and programming, described the 2025 event as 'our best yet'. 'This year's festival was incredible — Schull looked stunning, and the atmosphere was electric. We had huge crowds and fantastic guests who gave so generously of their time. Most events sold out, with Barry Keoghan's event setting a new record by selling out online in under a minute.' One notable absence from the Co Cork event this weekend was local resident and regular Fastnet Film Festival participant Paul Mescal. He was busy in Cannes promoting his new film The History Of Sound. You can't help but feel he missed out. Out and about at Fastnet Film Festival Ashley Cahalane with George at the Fastnet Film Festival, Schull, West Cork. Pictures: Dan Linehan Siobhan Jeffery in Schull. Joni Clarke att the Fastnet Film Festival. William Morris and Christine O'Keeffe at the Fastnet Film Festival. Sarann Doyle and Monica Lynott. Carol Flynn at the Schull Harbour Hotel. Ellie O'Sullivan and Kevin O'Donovan at the Barry Keoghan event. Ríon O'Mahony and Sarah Dunne at the Schull Harbour Hotel.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Barry Keoghan opens up about battling addiction : I'm not in denial anymore
, known for his hauntingly compelling performances in films like 'Saltburn' has peeled back the curtain on a painful and private chapter of his life. In an interview with the Hollywood Authentic, the actor shared that she battled drug abuse for the first time. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now During the interview, he also recalled that his in childhood days, his mother too succumbed to the addiction and passed away. The actor claimed that even the birth of his son in 2022 could not stop him from doing d*ugs. Acceptance became the turning point In a recent interview with Hollywood Authentic, the actor revealed, 'I'm not in denial anymore. I understand that I do have an addiction, and I am an addict.' For Keoghan, acknowledging that he has an addiction became the first step. He further added, 'You know, when you accept that, you finally can move on and learn to work with it.' A new lens on life through fatherhood and recovery Keoghan spoke about finding peace through accountability and gaining clarity. On his journey he shared, 'I've got scars here to literally prove it.' Keogan further explained, 'They're a result of using. I'm at peace now and responsible for everything that I do. I'm accepting. I'm present. I'm content. I'm a father. I'm getting to just see that haze that was once there—it's just a bit sharper now and colorful.' The journey continues on and off Barry came clean about his addiction for the first time, he revealed what gave him the courage to do that was his audience and his fans. He said, he wants to let his fans know where he's coming from. He said, 'I'm very proud to carry that, and for people out in the acting world and the industry to understand that there's a lot weighing on this.' The actor further revealed that the drug use was so severe that he even sustained injuries to his arms while using drugs. On the work front, Barry Keoghan will play a vital role in the upcoming project, Crime 101.
