“Birds flying high, you know how I feel,” crooned Nina Simone. And you know who else is flying high right now? Barry Keoghan, that’s who! He stars in Andrea Arnold’s new film Bird, screening in competition in Cannes, as Bug, a young dad bringing up his kids in a squat in Gravesend.
Bug’s nickname refers to the creepy-crawlies tattooed all over his body and he certainly bugs his 12-year-old daughter, Bailey (Nykiya Adams). She’s on the cusp of womanhood and is having to deal with her first period, an absent mum and her dad’s impending surprise marriage.
