Keira Knightley complains of being publicly “taken down” after hit movie

Keira Knightley has recently spoken about her time working on the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise. She discussed being part of the movies and how she was “taken down publicly” after appearing in them.

Knightley appeared in the franchise between 2003 and 2007, playing Elizabeth Swann. She reflected on her experience, acknowledging the success it brought her as she became a household name off the back of the movies; however, she was also treated poorly after being in them. She described this period as being a “Very confused place in her head.”

According to The Times, she said, “It’s a funny thing when you have something that is making and breaking you at the same time.” 

Knightley continued, “I was seen as shit because of them, and yet because they did so well I was given the opportunity to do the films that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for.” She discussed the strange contradiction between the franchise’s success and her subsequent perception, “They were the most successful films I’ll ever be a part of, and they were the reason I was taken down publicly. So they’re a very confused place in my head.”

She confirmed that she has no intention of returning to another franchise because of how much they dominate every facet of your life. “The hours are insane,” she said, “It’s years of your life, you have no control over where you’re filming, how long you’re filming, what you’re filming.”

One of the biggest factors that influences Knightley when choosing roles now is her daughters. She said that since she has become a mother, she has taken her time deciding whether or not she wants to perform in different roles as she doesn’t want to spend elongated time away from her family.

“I couldn’t go job to job [abroad] now,” she said, “I wouldn’t be in any way fair to them, and I wouldn’t want to. I’ve chosen to have children; I want to bring them up, so I’ve had to make a major step back.”

When discussing another one of Knightley’s more successful roles, Richard Curtis said if he were to make Love Actually today, he would have cast someone older than her. This wasn’t a critique of the actress, merely an observation that there were large age gaps between Knightley and supposed love interests in that film. She was only 18 when being cast, while her husband in the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor, was 26, and her other love interest, played by Andrew Lincoln, was 30 years old.

Her next role will be in Netflix’s spy drama Black Doves, which will premiere on the streaming giant on December 5th.

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