It’s Love / Ate Barry
BARRY Keoghan’s co-star has revealed the actor barely ate any food while filming a thriller based on the Famine.
The Dubliner has a role in Black 47 about an Irish Ranger who discovers the devastation the historic event has caused after returning home from fighting in the British Army.
Speaking to RTE Entertainment at the opening of the Audi Dublin International Film Festival this week, actor Freddie Fox opened up about shooting the gritty film.
He said: “Barry didn’t eat for three months, he was living on glucose drinks.”
The film was shot in Germany more than a year ago and wasn’t without a few issues.
Barry revealed: “[While] filming it, Freddie fell off a horse, Freddie got a bang off a gun. It was very physical – I mean that.
“We were all there to support each other. It was a good one.” Freddie added: “It was a joy for us to go to Berlin [Film Festival] and now here because we all liked each other so much.
“Getting back together and experiencing it and being proud of what we did together and believing that it’s a story that needs to be seen, it’s the best feeling in the world.”
Former Love/hate actor Barry said he became more educated about the plight of the Famine through shooting the film.
He added: “I learned a lot filming this. When I approached it I didn’t have that much knowledge about it. So for me this was an important thing to film.”
Freddie said: “It’s sad that it’s the first time you can bring a story like this, not only to a universal audience but particularly to an Irish audience who know the history and have yet to see it up on the screen. “For those that don’t know anything about it, this is a time to be entertained but also to be given a lesson in something very important.” In Love/hate
He was living on glucose drinks. He didn’t eat for months FREDDIE FOX ON CO-STAR KEOGHAN