Barry Keoghan has said he wants to "let my work speak for me" as he returns to the Cannes Film Festival with his latest film.
The Dublin actor told Variety that he wants to move into a new chapter of his life following recent public scrutiny.
"I want to step into a new chapter of my life where I let my work speak for me," he said.
Keoghan is returning to Cannes for a third time with Butterfly Jam, the new film from Kantemir Balagov, which opens the Directors' Fortnight competition.
The film is set among the Circassian community in Newark and stars Keoghan and Riley Keough as siblings running a struggling diner. Newcomer Talha Akdogan plays Keoghan’s teenage son.
Keoghan told Variety that the project came about after he contacted Balagov to praise his 2019 film Beanpole.
"He totally smashed it with that film, so I reached out to say 'incredible job,’ and we just kept in touch," he said.
The actor previously attended Cannes with Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Andrea Arnold’s Bird.
He is also currently filming Sam Mendes’ The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event, in which he plays Ringo Starr.
Keoghan gave little away about the Beatles project, but described it as "gonna be iconic" and "part of history".
Keoghan, who was Oscar-nominated for The Banshees of Inisherin and won a BAFTA for the role, said he is now choosing his projects carefully.
"I carefully, cautiously pick because I just want to enjoy, and I want to heal, I want to tell, I want to find, I want to explore," he said
