“The plan is to become a leading man. I got the chance there recently to lead a movie and challenge myself. You’re perfect at that, Rob. I admire you for that. You can do that. I wanted to see, can I do it? Because I’ve come into movies supporting and doing scenes and I love it. It’s whatever the role requires. But I wanted to see, could I lead a movie? Could I keep the audience engaged? So, that was my plan. Now it’s like, can I continue to do that?”

Irish actor Barry Keoghan, is slowly, but surely becoming one of the greatest actors of our generation. Having already delivered an inimitable range of knock-out supporting performances, he’s now covering our Winter 23 issue, and ready to step into the ring as Hollywood’s most unorthodox leading man. With his legendary co-star, actor Robert Pattinson, he talks sharing the screen, the power of plastic spoons, and being selective.

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Barry Keoghan wears Kenzo.