Keira Knightley she has had a solid career of successful films that have earned her serious recognition from fans, studios, and the Academy.
But some of her most profitable and marketable movie experiences have also been her worst, personally, so she has a preference as to what types of projects she’s willing to take on at this point.
During a recent interview with the Times of London, Knightley said: “It’s a funny thing when you have something that makes you and breaks you at the same time.
“I was seen as shit because of them, and yet because they did so well I was given the opportunity to make films that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for.” [Pride & Prejudice and The Imitation Game].
“They were the most successful films I have ever been a part of and they were the reason I was publicly removed. So they’re a very confusing place in my head.
Knightley appeared in the top three Pirates of the Caribbean film, starting in 2003. She played Elizabeth Swann in the original The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Dead Chest (2006) e At the end of the world (2007), with Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp. As a result, Knightley said, she would not return to the demanding schedule and requirements of a sequel-spawning tentpole.
“The hours are crazy. It’s years of your life, you have no control over where you’re filming, how long you’re filming, what you’re filming,” he explained.
Elsewhere in the interview, the Bend it like Beckham AND Truly love The star opened up about the complicated and traumatic relationship she had with her fame, especially as a young woman in Hollywood at a time when issues surrounding mental health and body image were not treated with care.
“I knew I wasn’t,” she said, referring to when tabloids speculated that she was dealing with an eating disorder. “I knew I was eating… in that classic trauma way, I don’t remember it.
“There’s been a complete erasure, and then some things will come out and suddenly I’ll have a very physical reminder of it because, ultimately, it’s a public shame, isn’t it? It’s obviously part of my psyche, given how young I was when it happened. I was created around this.
Knightley, who spoke about taking a step back from acting after raising two daughters with her musician husband James Rightonwill soon appear in Netflix’s six-part spy thriller series Black Dovesopposite Ben Whishawwhose release is scheduled for December 5th.
via: Deadline
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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