Barry Keoghan was diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating disease just before 'The Banshees of Inisherin'' filming.
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Barry Keoghan battled near fatal flesh eating disease just before breakthrough role
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'Saltburn' star Barry Keoghan nearly lost his arm to flesh-eating bacteria
Barry Keoghan details his battle with a rare flesh-eating infection that kept him in the hospital days before 'Banshees of Inisherin' was set to begin production.
The 'Saltburn' star barely avoided amputation as a result of a necrotizing fasciitis diagnosis just before beginning work on the film that would eventually garner him an Oscar nomination.
Keoghan was hospitalized with necrotizing fasciitis just days before filming began on 2022's "The Banshees of Inishirin," the film's director Martin McDonagh told GQ.
Irish actor and star of "Saltburn" Barry Keoghan says he not only could have lost his arm, but his entire life after developing a flesh-eating infection.
