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4th September 2019
12:15pm BST

“Barry is a marvellous actor and I couldn’t think of anyone better to do it," he said. "He’ll do a great job.”
Keoghan has risen to dizzying heights in the acting world over the past few years, bagging roles in major Hollywood productions like Dunkirk, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and American Animals.
He also appeared in HBO's stunningly popular mini-series Chernobyl earlier this year, as well as RTÉ's own Love/Hate.
News of the MacGowan film was first announced last year.
At the time, Clarke said that the project was very much in the early stages but that the singer was looking forward to watching himself on Netflix.
“It’s in the very, very early stages but they want to do a film based on our relationship," she said.
“It’s a love story, it’s not a Pogues film although that will obviously be a part. We’re both very excited.
“Shane is really excited about the idea, he thinks it’s fantastic. He’s already counting down the days until he can watch it on Netflix!”
Definitely one we'll be tuning into anyway.Explore more on these topics:
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