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Kevin Maher Nobody wants to talk about Keira Knightley’s body. Not the flock of assistants, stylists and acquaintances who flit about in her wake as she cruises towards a cordoned press corner of Claridge’s Hotel. Not the feisty PR martinets and film company major-domos who’ve organised the day’s interviews to publicise Knightley’s new film, Atonement. And certainly not the cowed line of TV reporters, queueing up for their five-minute burst of platitudinous bites. No, it seems that the 22-year-old Knightley has spent the last year battling the world’s obsession with her body image, even successfully suing a national newspaper over accusations of anorexia, and so an edict has been issued from the highest echelons of media management stating that nobody, BUT NOBODY, must mention the subject of Knightley’s body. Nobody, that is, except for Knightley herself. “I mean, I’m an actress and it’s a tool, after all,” she says, launching into a lengthy and nuanced explanation of the Knightley bod...

Keira Knightley might be one of the most sought after actresses today, but the star reveals that success hasn’t come easy for her. The 22-year-old actress admitted that her first years in the industry were lonely and she took the strain of malicious comments. “When I was 17, 18, 19, I felt incredibly insecure. I went through a period of thinking I looked weird and skinny, and that’s 10 times worse when you’re being written about,” the Daily Express quoted her, as telling Vogue magazine. “When it first starts happening, I defy anybody not to look at every review that says you’re rubbish and not to look at every picture that says you’re wearing the wrong dress,” she added. Keira said that to get away from criticism, she buried herself in her work, but even that didn’t stop critics from doubting her suitability in Pride And Prejudice. Celebrity Beauty Products, Bath & Shower , Fragrance , Best Buys , Gift Sets , Hair Care , Makeup , Men's Grooming , Shaving & Hair Removal ,...

The 22-year-old actress reveals that she likes to spend time with her old buddies, who don’t give her advice but hope that she does well. Actress Keira Knightley keeps her feet on the ground by keeping in touch with pals who knew her when she was not a famous movie star. The 22-year-old actress reveals that she likes to spend time with her old buddies, who don’t give her advice but hope that she does well. “I keep in touch with my mates,” Daily Express quoted Knightley, as saying. Hottest Beauty Products, Bath & Shower , Fragrance , Best Buys , Gift Sets , Hair Care , Makeup , Men's Grooming , Shaving & Hair Removal , Skin Care , Tools & Accessories , Women “They don’t give advice. They’re more likely to take me out for a glass of wine and a cigarette and hope for the best,” she added. The actress asserted that her recent tragic role Cecilia in Atonement made her extremely emotional. “I read the script and sobbed and I knew it was good when my mum saw it and cried, too...

Actress Keira Knightley got frustrated when the media asked her about her weight instead of her work in the movie Atonement at the Venice Film Festival on Friday. The 22-year-old Brit revealed that she had already reckoned that questions about her thin frame were to pop up at the Italian even, and that she had had a discussion on the same with her co-stars and crew beforehand. Keira's Wardrobe Collection "It's really frustrating, and particularly when you come to Venice with a film that is an intelligent film,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying. "I think it was just a shame that that had to be brought up then, and the fact that we all knew that it was going to be brought up. We actually had a bet going. I was like 'Come on, how many times either anorexia or something about my body, are going to come up?'" she added. . Knightley further said that it was shameful that the press was more interested in questioning about her figure rather than focusing on ...

Keira Knightley has said that she played scenes in the Pirates of the Caribbean films without a script. While Knightley said that she enjoyed playing the role of Elizabeth Swann in the action-packed tales of plunder on the high seas, she says she’d rather not repeat her experiences in the Pirates films. “I find it very difficult to work without a script, which is what that was,” she said. The 22-year-old added that the lack of script meant that she originally played a scene with martial arts star Chow Yun Fat slightly differently. “ That scene with Chow Yun-Fat where he dies, I didn’t know what the scene was about. I thought he had kidnapped me and that I was completely terrified of him. After four set-ups the director was like, ‘Why are you playing it like that?’ And I was like, ‘Well, he’s kidnapped me and I don’t want to be here. I’m terrified.' And he was like, ‘What? You haven’t been kidnapped!’” Knightley, who opened the 64th Venice Film Festival with the premiere of her...

The English actress says that she is sickened by celebrities who expose themselves to photographers, and claims their actions make them "s**ttier than everybody else. Actress Keira Knightley has taken a pot-shot at celebs like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan for flashing their private assets more often than not. The English actress says that she is sickened by celebrities who expose themselves to photographers, and claims their actions make them "s**ttier than everybody else". The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actress insists that she has too much class to follow in their footsteps. "I'm not going to get blind drunk and then stumble out and fall over an puke up in front of people. I'm not saying I don't do that in private, but I try not to,” Contactmusic quoted her, as saying at the Venice Film Festival. "The whole celebrity thing is not magic. They're real people proving they're s**ttier than everybody else because...

Keira Knightley has kissed some of the biggest heartthrobs in Hollywood, but her current leading man gets top billing. "James [McAvoy] is the best kisser ever!" a giggling Knightley, 22, said of her Atonement costar while sitting in romantic Venice. Despite kissing Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, Knightley – who is currently dating actor Rupert Friend – glanced at McAvoy and diplomatically dubbed him the best on the opening day of the Venice Film Festival. McAvoy, 28, reciprocated the compliment saying, "I was blown away by Keira. The amount of poise and grace she has is just incredible." In Atonement, a war drama set in 1935, Knightley plays plays Cecilia Tallis, an upper-class beauty whose fledgling love affair with the housekeeper's son (James McAvoy) is destroyed by a tragic misunderstanding. McAvoy – who is married to British actress Anne-Marie Duff – told PEOPLE he was enjoying Venice "very much," adding, with a smile, "it's very romantic...