Elizabeth Swann has spoken.
Keira Knightley has shared that the “Pirates of the Caribbean” motion pictures, which helped propel her profession, have been additionally the explanation she was “taken down publicly.”
The “Atonement” actress, 39, mentioned how the Disney franchise positively and negatively impacted her life throughout a latest interview with the Occasions.
“It’s a funny thing when you have something that was making and breaking you at the same time,” Knightley stated, referring to the “Pirates” motion pictures.
“I was seen as s–t 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 continued.
Knightley has acquired two Oscar nominations over the course of her profession. The British star was nominated for Finest Actress in 2005 for her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in director Joe Wright’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride & Prejudice,” after which for Finest Supporting Actress in 2014 for taking part in Joan Clarke within the WWII drama “The Imitation Game” reverse Benedict Cumberbatch.
“They were the most successful films I’ll ever be a part of, and they were the reason that I was taken down publicly,” she added.
“So they’re a very confused place in my head.”
Knightley starred alongside Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom within the first three “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, which have been launched in 2003, 2006 and 2007. She was solely 18 when the primary film hit theaters.
Attributable to her expertise, she has no plans of appearing in a movie franchise ever once more.
“The hours are insane. It’s years of your life, you have no control over where you’re filming, how long you’re filming, what you’re filming,” she defined.
Being on the heart of such mega-hits at such a younger age additionally took a toll on Knightley’s psychological well being. In 2018, she opened up about struggling a psychological breakdown and being recognized with post-traumatic stress dysfunction when she was 22.
“In that classic trauma way I don’t remember it,” she shared. “There’s been a complete delete, and then some things will come up, and I’ll suddenly have a very bodily memory of it because, ultimately, it’s public shaming, isn’t it? It’s obviously part of my psyche, given how young I was when it happened. I’ve been made around it.”
A lot of the general public shaming she confronted targeted on her weight. She was usually accused within the media of battling an consuming dysfunction.
“I knew I wasn’t. I knew I was eating,” she defined.
“I remember viscerally one of the Olsen twins had anorexia, and she went into a clinic,” Knightley added, referring to Mary-Kate Olsen, who sought remedy at a rehab clinic for an consuming dysfunction in 2004 after the previous youngster star and designer graduated highschool.
“I remember being asked about it on a press tour, like it was a joke. She was meant to be shamed for seeking help for anorexia,” she continued. “I remember sitting there just being like, ‘Wow, this is wild.’ Can you imagine? … That made me really emotional. That’s not even about me, it’s about her. I still can’t bear it.”
The star believed the media was on the lookout for any alternative to forged her as a star in misery.
“I 100% recognized and saw people’s careers being shattered because they were photographed coming out of clubs,” she recalled. “The money on my head at that point, if you’d got a picture of me drunk, was so huge. I wasn’t going to give the [paparazzi] the satisfaction of taking that away, so I was unbelievably straight.”
Removed from franchise-land, as we speak Knightley chooses her roles rigorously, partly influenced by being a mom of two younger women.
“I keep being offered things about children dying or about mothers dying. Can’t do it,” she admitted. “I’ve been really surprised in the past few years about what I’ve said no to. I’ve wanted it to be more pure entertainment and maybe that’s because I’ve needed that.”
