Barry Keoghan is set to star in 'Amo Saddam,' the new film from 'Chernobyl' director Johan Renck about the final days of Saddam Hussein. Keoghan will play an American soldier tasked with guarding the Iraqi dictator in the months before his trial and execution. The film is based on the best-selling book 'The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein,' 'His American Guards,' and 'What History Leaves Unsaid.'
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00:00 The internet's latest boyfriend has landed his next role. Barry Keoghan is set to star in Amo
00:05 Saddam, the new film from Chernobyl director Johan Renck about the final days of Saddam Hussein.
00:10 Keoghan will play an American soldier tasked with guarding the Iraqi dictator in the months before
00:16 his trial and execution. The film is based on the best-selling book The Prisoner in His Palace,
00:20 Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid.
00:24 Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Renck said he hoped to capture the film in a really immersive,
00:29 authentic way without any of the typical tropes of a war movie. The role of Saddam has not been
00:34 cast, but Renck said he was looking for a really good actor from the region who speaks Arabic and
00:39 can authentically embody the role. The director added of Keoghan, "Barry has proven himself time
00:44 and time again to be an actor who is adept at playing really complex characters." Keoghan has
00:49 been the talk of the town since his starring role in Emerald Fennell's controversial Saltburn.
00:54 The role earned him an Oscar nomination for his performance, with the internet going wild as well.
00:58 Keoghan has been having fun with all the attention, even posing in a series of thirst traps
01:03 for the dating app Bumble just in time for Valentine's Day. For more on the story and
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