![]() She was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Pride and Prejudice, played a bounty hunter in Domino and recently filmed The Atonement in the UK. She also starred in Richard Curtis’s romantic comedy, Love Actually, played Guinevere in King Arthur and starred opposite Adrien Brody in The Jacket. She was born and raised on the outskirts of London, the daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald.Īfter roles on British television, Knightley won international acclaim for her role in Bend It Like Beckham. “The look of it is really cool and it seems to have evolved in a kind of natural way for it,” she says.Īt just 22 years old, Knightley has established herself as one of the leading actresses working in Hollywood. Keira is sworn to secrecy to keep a good deal of the story under wraps but she’s convinced that Pirates 3 is looking in fantastic shape. So in a funny kind of way it seems like one big long film as opposed to two separate films, which I suppose is a good thing, but it is a little strange.” “It is a bit weird at the moment coming to the end of the number three chunk to suddenly try and get your head back in to number two. Tomorrow, or the next day, it’s back to Pirates 2. Today, in an interview during a break on set at the Universal Studios in Hollywood, Keira is in Pirates 3 mode. Add a dash of romance, provided by Orlando Bloom as Elizabeth’s love, Will Turner, and the result was a funny, superbly paced action thriller which entertained young and old alike. The first film, released in 2003, was a critical and box office triumph which starred Johnny Depp as the colourful pirate who rescues the beautiful governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann – played by Keira – from the villainous Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and his cohorts. “We have got these fantastic sets, it’s pretty much exactly the same crew with a couple of additions, the same cast, same director, same writers, same producers obviously, so it really is like we never finished doing the first one and we have just continued.” ![]() “It felt like the last two years had never happened and we’ve been working on Pirates the entire time,” she notes. ![]() Knightley filmed Pirates 2 back to back with much of Pirates 3 and admits that it has been a long, long haul. They have done a marvelous job and they’ve worked so hard on it.” “To be able to have such a brilliant backdrop to work with is such a help. The fantastic set is a great help for all the actors, she says, before praising the design team and the hard working crew who built it. So today, when I’m not required for a scene, I’ll be working with the swords.” “Yes, I do a lot more sword fighting these days and we have to work on them to get them perfect. And we all adore him.”Įarlier in the day, she had been working on a complex sword fighting sequence in preparation for a scene later in the week. “Including Chow Yun-Fat who is an Asian pirate and he’s absolutely wonderful. “And on Pirates three we have some new faces as well,” explains Keira. ![]() She beams a mega watt smile and is clearly enjoying the challenge and being reunited with Verbinski, Orlando Bloom – who plays her lover, Will Turner – and indeed Johnny Depp, who returns as the lovable pirate Captain Jack Sparrow. “And without giving too much away, Will Turner and Elizabeth are being chased by a whole gang of not very nice people. “It’s part of the opening sequence of the third film,” explains Keira. She will be running, at full pelt, through the alleyways and across bridges in the seedy red lantern district of old Singapore which, for filmmaking purposes, has been painstakingly recreated on a massive Universal Studios sound stage in Hollywood. ![]() As director Gore Verbinski lines up a shot which will form part of the dramatic opening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End the eagerly awaited third film in the hugely popular series, Keira Knightley takes a brief moment to prepare for the physical challenge ahead. ![]()
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