Barry Keoghan Emotionally Opened Up About His Mom And Dad’s Heroin Addiction And Growing Up In Foster Care

“It’s sad to see the deterioration of people around the area and see people kind of struggle with it and the recovery they’re in now,” he added. “It caught my mom, it caught my uncle, who died of it, and caught my father as well.”

Barry previously admitted that he resonated with the 1995 Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Basketball Diaries because of his personal connection to the storyline. For reference, the movie tells the true story of Jim Carroll, played by Leonardo, who became addicted to heroin while in high school. 

Speaking to Louis, Barry revealed that he’d since met Leo, and took the opportunity to discuss the film with him. He said: “I remember meeting Leonardo DiCaprio and saying it to him, what that movie meant to me.”

Referencing a heart-wrenching scene in the film where Jim bangs on his mom’s front door and desperately begs for money while suffering from withdrawal — only for his mom to break down in tears while locking him out of her home — Barry added: “There was a scene in that movie where he comes to the front door, and that actual scene happened at my granny’s house.”