The actor sat down at Cannes to talk nude spas, fame, and his dreamlike character in Andrea Arnold’s new film.
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Andrea Arnold’s latest film, Bird, which premiered in competition at Cannes this week, is another poetic drama about a complicated young woman coming of age on the fringes of society. This time, our protagonist is Bailey, a 12-year-old girl (newcomer Nykiya Adams) who lives with her distracted father (a boisterous, karaoke-loving Barry Keoghan), her soon-to-be stepmom Kayleigh (Frankie Box) and her adorable toddler, and her half-brother Hunter (Jason Buda), who’s part of a local teen vigilante justice gang in North Kent. Bailey is constantly surrounded by people but alone and…
