Barry Keoghan to stay in his lane, play youthful murderer Billy The Kid

Banshees Of Inisherin co-star Keoghan has been working on a historical drama about Billy The Kid for years now

the boundaries between blockbuster fare and more artsy movies—discussed his desire to “humanize” Billy The Kid, who died in 1881 while still in his early 20s .Keoghan spoke of the parallels he’s drawn between his own journeyI wanted to step outside of the legend that was built up by the papers and tackle the pressure he must have felt from those early days. He was running his whole life.

Now the film, which features a script from Hunter Andrews, has been set up at Element Pictures, RAW, and Film4. And while we obviously can’t predicthow the movie will turn out, we can say with some confidence that Keoghan will probably do something exceptionally unnerving and then break your heart five seconds later and then oh god, he’s got a knife.

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