'I leaned into the absence of my dad': Barry Keoghan on playing Peaky Blinders character

The new Netflix film is a spin-off from the award-winning TV series, which ended in 2022, and stars Keoghan as the illegitimate son abandoned by main character Tommy Shelby

Barry Keoghan: "Obviously, the kid's going to be an absolute livewire and violent and they're all reactions, they're all cries for help - not to justify each and every one."

Irish actor Barry Keoghan has said he drew on his relationship with his own father for his role in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

The Dublin-born actor has been outspoken about his childhood, which saw him and his brother sent to different foster homes as their mother struggled, and later died, from drug addiction.