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else’s life story.” It’s inter- esting that Ke- oghan refers to acting as a form
think it gives you the truest, purest kind of performance.” It’s a visceral purity that has not only attracted some of the most acclaimed directors working today, but one that also under- pins this notion of acting being absolutely essential for Keoghan – driven by a need to explore, and perhaps heal an internal land- scape, rather than a desire for fame. “It was never a conscious thing,” he continues. “I wasn’t ever, like, I’m going to use this as therapy. It was more a lane to go down that felt like a release, and a place where I could discover things about myself and, be challenged.” This notion of being challenged seems core to Keoghan who is also a keen boxer, and it brings me back to where I was going to go initially in terms of exploring his range, and his seeming desire to portray the darker side of the human animal. “Do you know what, it’s more just characters that are complicated,” he says, countering my suggestion that he is drawn to darkness. “I mean, we’re all complicated humans, although sometimes we
of therapy given the kind of thing he has taken on so far in his career–when looking to the likes of Chernobyl , American Animals , and Calm with Horses , intense is the optimum word one might reach for to describe his performances. So, was the initial draw to acting a cathartic way to leave pain behind for a while? “It kind of took you away and gave you a release, and a distraction, and, yeah, you could learn a bit about yourself, if that makes sense,” he continues. “I don’t know… Maybe even to just kind of express it, you know? That’s where the rawness comes from, because how I approach acting is to try and relate to the character, and bring up a past experience of my own to get there,” he pauses. “And that can be a dent on you, and can really damage you, in a way, but I
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