Barry Lyndon sights on Thackeray's 1844 "satirical picaresque about the fortune-hunting of an Irish rogue," "Barry Lyndon", the setting of which allowed Kubrick to take advantage of the copious period research he had done for the now-aborted "Napoleon". At the time, Kubrick merely announced that his next film would star Ryan O'Neal (deemed "a seemingly un-Kubricky choice of leading man") and Marisa Berenson, a former "Vogue" and "Time" magazine cover model, and be shot largely in Ireland. So heightened was the secrecy surrounding the film that "Even Berenson, when Kubrick first approached her, was told only that it was to be an
Barry Jackson (actor) Barry Jackson (actor) Barry Jackson (29 March 1938 – 5 December 2013) was an English film and television actor. His film career included roles in "Ryan's Daughter", "Barry Lyndon", "Aces High", "The Raging Moon", "Mr. Love", and "Wimbledon". His television credits included: "A for Andromeda", "The Mask of Janus", "Adam Adamant Lives!", "Doctor Who", "Z-Cars", "Dixon of Dock Green", "The Troubleshooters", "Doomwatch", "Poldark", "Oil Strike North", "The New Avengers", "Secret Army", "Blake's 7", "The Professionals", "Coronation Street", "Enemy at the Door", "All Creatures Great and Small", "Minder", "Bergerac", "Lovejoy", "Casualty", "Peak Practice", "Silent Witness", "Kavanagh QC", "The Bill", "A Touch