Barry Keoghan confirms he didn’t use prosthetics in nude dance scene in Saltburn: ‘It was all me’

The Irish star said he “didn’t blink an eye” when it came to stripping off for a scene on The Louis Theroux Podcast.

Barry Keoghan no one helped him when it came to his famous Saltburn dance stage.

In the last issue Louis Theroux Podcastwhich aired on Monday, November 4, the 32-year-old Irish actor, who played the role of Oliver Quick in the hit film, was asked at the end of the show about stripping down for a full-frontal dance scene. Emerald Fennell-director’s thriller.

After Theroux mentioned that some people had suggested that Keoghan might have had a “prosthetic penis” and that parts of his body had been “enhanced,” the Irish star responded: “Wait, enhanced? Who said that? adding, “No…Wow.”

Keoghan insisted: “You know, it was all me… it was a thing that I didn’t even blink an eye at, you know, I would have blinked an eyelid if it didn’t fit into the story.”

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“I remember Emerald and I were chatting and it started with my clothes… she said, ‘We just need to make it a little more possessive.’ After all, he has this mansion. This is his place. And when you have that space…we all do it at home. We walk around naked, you know what I mean, because we’re comfortable and that’s the way it is. our environment” Dunkirk – explained the star.

In the scene in question, Keoghan’s character danced naked. Murder on the Dance Floor by Sophie Ellis-Bextor. and the actor seemed more worried about having to show off his dance moves on set than getting naked.

“So they said, ‘Wouldn’t it be better if you were naked?’ Theroux joked about his dancing in this scene:

“Yes, we got to this point… my doubts were about dancing. You know, I don’t like to dance,” Keoghan, who called dating rumors With Sabrina Carpenter from the end of 2023 – answered.

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Despite his trepidation, Keoghan insisted that he would be more than willing to dance if it fit into the film.

“If it’s required… oddly enough, when it’s a character, again, (it’s) kind of like when it’s not you, you’ll do it,” he told the podcast, adding that it makes sense if ” it moves the script and the story forward.”

“But yeah, I don’t like to dance,” Keoghan, who co-starred with him in the acclaimed show. Jacob Elordi – repeated.

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This isn’t the first time the Oscar nominee has been asked about the dance scene. In an interview with the magazine, he admitted that he was “very impressed” with the way he moved. Vanity FairThe 30th annual Hollywood issue, published in February.

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He also addressed the question of whether he felt objectified by the public because of the scene, which has garnered its fair share of jokes at awards shows.

“It’s crazy,” Keoghan told the publication. “If you read too much or look at too much of what is said, it can be harmful to the mind and your mental state.”

“I wouldn’t go there if I wasn’t ready for it or if I wasn’t ready to hear what people had to say,” he added.