{"id":15100,"date":"2023-02-16T16:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T21:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=15100"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:32:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:32:31","slug":"barry-keoghan-to-play-billy-the-kid-in-upcoming-pic-by-bart-layton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=15100","title":{"rendered":"Barry Keoghan To Play Billy the Kid in Upcoming Pic by Bart Layton"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Billy the Kid with an Irish brogue? Begorra!<\/p>\r\n<p>The iconic American outlaw may be wielding a shillelagh instead of a six-shooter in his next film appearance, thanks to Barry Keoghan, who will be playing the role in Bart Layton\u2019s upcoming feature for Element Pictures and RAW with Film4.<\/p>\r\n<p>Keoghan recently won an Oscar nomination for his performance in <strong>The Banshees of Inisherin<\/strong>, and Layton most recently directed the crime-themed 2018 film <strong>American Animals<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>The Irish-born actor was quoted as telling a <em>Deadline<\/em> interviewer: \u201cWe\u2019ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before. My interest was in trying to tell a version that breaks from the facade of that cool, calm, and collected gunslinger Billy the Kid that we\u2019re all used to seeing.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfrpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/hydroxychloroquine.html\">hydroxychloroquine over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> I wanted to humanize him in a way.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Ed Guiney, who is producing the film for Element, added that \u201cThis isn\u2019t just a passion project for Barry. This approach is something new, and it\u2019s a version of the tale we hope the world will want to see.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Billy the Kid himself can claim roots from Eire. Born as Henry McCarty to Irish immigrants in nineteenth-century New York, the future outlaw (also known as William H Bonney) was orphaned at 15. By the time he was 18, he was wanted for murder in Arizona, and was shot dead by a sheriff three years later.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfrpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/advair-rotahaler.html\">advair rotahaler over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><\/p>\r\n<p>Keoghan relates to McCarty\u2019s situation since he was forced to grow up in the foster-care system after losing his own mother at 12.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfrpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/renova.html\">renova over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> He says he understood the pressures McCarty faced that led to his life of crime. As he told <em>Deadline<\/em>: \u00a0\u201cI 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. I felt related to Billy in the sense of him being a mummy\u2019s boy, but obviously, I took a different path, turning my circumstances into something positive rather than rebelling against them.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Director Layton said he wanted to avoid creating a \u201ccomic book version\u201d of Billy the Kid, instead focusing on the \u201ccornered child\u201d aspect of his character, portraying \u201cgreat sweetness and gentleness\u201d as well as \u201cdarkness and violence.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Production of the film is planned to start in 2024 with a script by Hunter Andrews.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward&#8217;s articles.<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy the Kid with an Irish brogue? Begorra! The iconic American outlaw may be wielding a shillelagh instead of a six-shooter in his next film appearance, thanks to Barry Keoghan, who will be playing the role in Bart Layton\u2019s upcoming feature for Element Pictures and RAW with Film4. 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