As the dimwitted Dominic in Martin McDonagh’s latest, Keoghan delivers an understated performance that serves as the heart of the Searchlight film.
, but Keoghan, 30, is its stealth heart. When Gleeson’s aging fiddler inexplicably terminates his socializing with Farrell’s cheerful dairy farmer at the local pub, Dominic becomes an unlikely voice of reason: “What is he, 12?” Dominic is a mischief-maker with few companions. Ending a friendship is inconceivable to this lad, who is desperate to show his love for Farrell’s bookish sister . The ongoing civil war on Ireland’s mainland gives his neighbors’ melodrama existential depth.
“I’m really over the moon with the way people have responded,” says Keoghan of reactions to the film. “It gives you a certain amount of confidence — in a good way, not in an unhealthy way — that I can try to show range now and maybe step up to something else next time.” Keoghan lived with Farrell while shooting on Inishmore, the storybook island that became the fictional Inisherin. Farrell’s solidarity has become an essential resource to Keoghan, who wants to build a shape-shifting career like his or that of Daniel Day-Lewis or Christian Bale.
For now, he’s settling into life with Brando, who, at 3 months old, already has his own passport so he can travel for Keoghan’s promotional commitments. If
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