Barry Keoghan , now officially a Cannes regular, is weighing up the idea of one day taking to the Palais steps as a director. “I’d love to,” the 33-year-old tells The Hollywood Reporter . “Most of the time on set would be spent on me getting people to understand what I’m saying, though.” The dulcet tones of that thick Irish accent are perfectly intelligible over the phone, THR puts to him. “Believe me,” replies Keoghan, “I’m talking slow .” The superstar has given us 20 minutes of his time in between shooting Sam Mendes’ much-anticipated Beatles biopics — a four-film cinematic event, coming in 2028 — to talk about his latest project, Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole follow-up, Butterfly Jam . It happens to be the first movie Keoghan’s Wolfcub Productions has brought to the Croisette. The actor was last here (sans Wolfcub) with Andrea Arnold’s Bird in 2024, and made his Cannes debut next to Yorgos Lanthimos with 2017’s The Killing of a Sacred Deer .…