Saltburn: Barry Keoghan defends nakedness, confirms he did not use prosthetics

Saltburn: Barry Keoghan defends nakedness, confirms he did not use prosthetics – The Irish actor talks about the controversial final scene of Emerald Fennell’s new film and explains why it was necessary.

By Megan Sauer

After months of hearing from time at festivals, Saltburn finally reached the entire world through Prime Video. The second feature film by director Emerald Fennell, director of Beautiful Revenge, shocked audiences due to its erotic charge and the explicitness of some sexual moments.

Among them: the full frontal nudity of the promising actor Barry Keoghan, who explains why it was necessary to be seen as he came into the world.

Why does Oliver (Barry Keoghan) get naked at the end of Saltburn?

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Barry Keoghan defended the frontal nudity he does towards the end of Saltburn.

The Irish actor explained that it all made sense to him when Emerald Fennell asked him to take off his clothes since, by that point in the film, there really are no psychological limitations for him.

That is to say, he feels on top of the world and therefore it is reasonable to think that he would not mind being naked:

“It felt totally right. It’s about empowerment. This is my home. It’s total confidence in the style of ‘I can do whatever I want in this mansion, I can take it all off and dance around it because it’s mine.’ Yes, it was really fun.”

From here we will talk about spoilers, so if you haven’t seen Saltburn skip this paragraph. As you know, at the end of the film, Oliver (Keoghan) manages to take over the estate of the wealthy family he scams.

It is then that he takes off all his clothes and dances around the mansion. That is why the character did not seem to have any reason to feel inhibited in the scene, which is also a reflection of the shot in which he enters the house for the first time.

The film also has a couple of other scandalous and sexual moments. We will just say that both include different body fluids. Although critics found it somewhat divisive, no one was left without seeing it and in Mexico it was placed in the top 10 of the most viewed on Prime Video.

The deliciously daring nature of this story wasn’t for everyone, but these scenes certainly became some of the most talked about online.

Keoghan has put together a pretty amazing career so far.

The young Irishman first surprised as a cursed child in The Sacrifice of the Sacred Deer and then last year he made it to the awards season with The Spirits of the Island, where he was surprised by the tenderness that the character transmitted.

She possesses such abilities that Matt Reeves offered her to be his Joker in Batman, where he barely participated with a scene that ended up being eliminated from the final cut but was added as a teaser for the planned trilogy.

Does Saltburn have any chance of bringing Keoghan into this year’s awards season?

At the moment he and Rosamund Pike, who plays the wealthy matriarch of the family, were nominated for the Golden Globes. It remains to be seen if the campaign is effective for the Oscars.

For now, if you decide to watch it, you already know that what you see is exactly what there is and the Irishman didn’t hold anything back off camera. The film is available on Prime Video.