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Keira Knightley found fame unexpectedly and immediately with the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (79%), and although some expected her to become one of those leading figures in multi-million dollar franchises, the truth is that the actress quickly returned to England and began taking on different and more challenging roles. Now that time has passed, the interpreter is able to talk about those years in which she did not know very well how to respond to the constant sexualization that the tape implied and how she felt trapped in this world that asked her to be constantly under the male gaze. .
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Pirates of the Caribbean It was a great springboard for Knightley and also for Orlando Bloom, who had already found some fame with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (91%), but the one who really hit the jackpot with the franchise was Johnny Depp, who to date it is associated with the image and figure of Jack Sparrow. In fact, when it was announced that Margot Robbie would develop a new installment, the public was very upset by the character’s absence and after the trial with Amber Heard they demanded that he return to the role despite the fact that he has already commented on several occasions that he did not. want.
Since the focus is on the famous pirate, some forget what the franchise meant to the other protagonists. In the case of Bloom, the movies allowed her to gain a place in Hollywood, but Knightley’s case is more complicated, since she always had a problem with the role of Elizabeth Swan and her little development in the sequels, where she basically existed only as the love interest of the entire male cast.
In the first installment, Elizabeth Swan is a rebellious young woman, in love with her childhood friend and obsessed with the world of pirates. Jack Sparrow not only offers her a glimpse into the lives of these figures, he also seduces her to follow that same line full of danger, uncertainty and death. Although the girl’s heart is with Will Turner, the love triangle was the basis for Pirates of the Caribbean: Death’s Chest (54%) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At the End of the World (45%).
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Keira Knightley She’s spoken before about how uncomfortable it was getting male attention at such a young age, and a few years ago she even confirmed that she would no longer film sex scenes because she just didn’t feel safe anymore. The actress has been taking roles for years where the female character, even if it is minor, is more relevant, deep and complex, and does not need to be exploited from her sexuality. Now, during the promotion of Boston Stranglerthe interpreter touched on the subject again during an interview for Harper’s Bazaar UK (via indiewire):
(Elizabeth) was the object of everyone’s lust. It’s not that she doesn’t have a lot of fight in her. But it was interesting to go from being really a tomboy to being projected as the complete opposite.
I had quite an interesting entry into adult life, a hard landing from the experience of fame at a very young age. There’s this fun place where women are supposed to sit in public, and I’ve never been comfortable with that. It was a big jolt. She was being judged for what she was projecting.
The actress acknowledges that in the following years she did her best to break with the label that they were leaving her and that led her to deliver everything in tapes like Pride and Prejudice (85%), and Atonement, Desire and Sin (83%):
I felt very limited. I felt stuck. So the later papers were to try to get out of that. I had no idea how to articulate it. She felt like she was caged in something she didn’t understand.
Another of the points that she had to overcome was the self-criticism that led her to think that she was a very bad actress and that she would never give the width for important projects. Trying to make everything perfect, Keira Knightley She says that by twenty she was already exhausted and worn out, so while she admires the strength with which she managed to carry on years ago, it’s something she can’t and doesn’t want to do again at this point.
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