Barry Keoghan bathes in a shower of blood for vampire-inspired shoot

Barry Keoghan posed for his most daring shoot up to now as he embraced a vampire-theme for his cowl unfold with W Magazine. 

The Irish actor, 31, was instructed by his Saltburn director Emerald Fennell, who took inspiration from the well-known line of their movie, ‘Lucky for you, I’m a vampire.’ 

For one hanging snap, Barry went shirtless and bathed in a pool of blood. 

The father-of-one donned a pair of latex gloves full with faux nails, including to the look with a chunky pearl necklace and slick of purple lipstick. 

He took issues a step additional within the subsequent {photograph}, pretending to devour a coronary heart as he sat over a plate lined in faux blood.  

The kooky unfold additionally noticed Barry learn the novel Twilight and pose with a Buffy The Vampire Slayer mug earlier than modelling a swimsuit of armour – that will enable a vampire to go outdoors within the daylight. 

In Saltburn, Barry’s character Oliver insists he is comfortable with performing intercourse acts when a lady is on her interval as a result of he is a ‘vampire.’ 

Speaking in regards to the inspiration for the shoot, Emerald defined: ‘Because Barry’s so theatrical and such an incredible bodily performer, I needed to make that literal and have him as a vampire dwelling his on a regular basis life in London.

‘Which means studying Twilight, watching previous Hammer horror movies, and going to the grocery store in armor and a balaclava in order that he doesn’t get burned to a crisp.’

Another surprising scene within the film sees Barry strip bare and dance round to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s  Murder on the Dance Floor. 

Speaking in regards to the response to the nudity, he shared: ‘I didn’t know I might do one thing like that, and to see it play again on-screen gave me an enormous quantity of confidence. 

‘So possibly there’s one thing down that route I can take.’

Emerald was eager to not push him into doing something he felt uncomfortable with, explaining: ‘The factor for me is, if you wish to make stuff that’s near the bone, that’s outrageous and enjoyable and camp and foolish, you could create an area the place folks really feel like they’re protected, that they’re not being shoved off a cliff and that we’re all doing it collectively. 

‘If Barry had modified his thoughts and stated, “I don’t want the dance scene at the end to be in the movie,” I might have removed it, as a result of consent is ongoing and everybody has a say. 

‘But that’s why Barry’s exceptional. He desires to be on the sharp finish, all the time. He solely finds it attention-grabbing there, and that’s how I really feel too.’

Discussing her imaginative and prescient for a way audiences would watch Saltburn, Emerald continued: ‘We did say earlier than Saltburn got here out on Amazon Prime that everybody ought to watch it with their households…

‘What’s so enjoyable and disconcerting in regards to the film, whether or not you’re watching within the theater or at house, is that your mum is squirming with embarrassment – or possibly she thinks it’s actually sizzling.’

Barry beforehand revealed that his function within the psychological thriller, which additionally stars Australian actor Jacob Elordi, helped folks cease taking a look at him as only a ‘freak child-man.’

Speaking to GQ about audiences seeing him in a distinct mild, he stated: ‘It’s good, man. It’s good not simply being checked out because the weird-looking man, the distinctive f*****g freaky little freak man-child, freak child-man, no matter you need to name it.’

He continued: ‘My prettiness did not get me this far,’ however admitted he realises being somebody audiences need to have a look at ‘opens up different lanes for me – it is a part of the main man factor’.

He added: ‘Little freak child-man period, as we name it. And now I’m simply Man. Freak-Man. Man-Freak.’

Despite being 31, Barry performs an Oxford University pupil who turns into obsessed along with his rich classmate, Felix, and heads to Saltburn to stick with Felix’s household for the summer season.

Barry’s performing profession started in 2011 when he utilized for a task in Between the Canals – an Irish movie following the lifetime of three hardened criminals.

He then went on to review performing at The Factory in Dublin earlier than showing within the Irish cleaning soap Fair City on the age of 18.

His main breakthrough got here when he landed a task within the second world conflict movie Dunkirk in 2017 the place he portrayed the character George Mills.

Since then he has appeared in a string of well-known movies together with The Batman, Eternals, American Animals, the TV sequence Chernobyl, and the Golden Globe successful The Banshees of Inisherin, which has seen him tipped for an Oscar nomination.

He continued: ‘My prettiness did not get me this far,’ however admitted he realises being somebody audiences need to have a look at ‘opens up different lanes for me – it is a part of the main man factor’.

Barry added: ‘Little freak child-man period, as we name it. And now I’m simply Man. Freak-Man. Man-Freak.’

Despite being 31, Barry performs an Oxford University pupil who turns into obsessed along with his rich classmate, Felix, and heads to Saltburn to stick with Felix’s household for the summer season.

Barry’s performing profession started in 2011 when he utilized for a task in Between the Canals – an Irish movie following the lifetime of three hardened criminals.

He then went on to review performing at The Factory in Dublin earlier than showing within the Irish cleaning soap Fair City on the age of 18.

His main breakthrough got here when he landed a task within the second world conflict movie Dunkirk in 2017 the place he portrayed the character George Mills.

Since then he has appeared in a string of well-known movies together with The Batman, Eternals, American Animals, the TV sequence Chernobyl, and the Golden Globe successful The Banshees of Inisherin, which has seen him tipped for an Oscar nomination.