“It was traumatic”: Keira Knightley has a bad memory about the pirates of the Caribbean

If Pirates of the Caribbean Keira Knightley forced an international focus on fire, the British actress will not keep a very happy memory of the time. Despite his impressive career – more than 60 hours per hour and 2 Oscar nominations – he claims that the unexpected famous he knew in his youth had left a deep mark.

From the age of 8, Kira has already made her debut in the small screen world, the first role in the series. He then continued his appearance in the 90’s, including the passage to Star Wars: the ghost danger of Sabe, one of the women of the pets and Queen Padmus Amidal (Natalie Portman).

Everything was accelerated in the early 2000s: after his astonishing role, like Beckham, he blew on the screen in 2003 The curse of black pearlsThe first part of the pirate saga that will become a culture. In the same year, he also played in love with actuelly, another emblem production.

The opposite of fame

Only at the age of 18, a young actress, appears with the title of World Star, Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. But beyond the phenomenal success of the film – which returns more than $ 650 million – Kira is experiencing a much worse reality.

In an interview with Variety in 2018, he states: “I found it quite terribly. I’m not an extrovert, so I found this level of supervision and this level of celebrities is really difficult.»

He also explains that this transitional period between adolescence and adulthood was particularly delicate: “It was the age where we are in the process of becoming “becoming” where we have not yet become “and where we have to make mistakes. This is a very dubious age, especially for women. To some extent, we are still a child.»

Keira Knightley Recognizing that this experience, though important in his career, was important enough (in the negative sense of the term) that required several years of therapy.

“” “It was traumatic, but it gave the point of turning my career. In the extreme, would I do anything differently? No, I wouldn’t do it because I am very lucky now and my career is at the point where I really enjoy it and have a much less intense level of celebrities. Now I can continue, and it’s wonderful. But at that time, it was not too big, and I needed many years of therapy to get there.»

Today he feels more peaceful with this past, and this affects the way to approach the job. When he works with young actors, he is very protective, knows about the dangers that can lead to.

“” “We have to be very careful with our young women. When I work with young actors, I am very protective against them. Many say, “Oh, you’re just there because of your kind.” And they reduce their appearance. I think everyone can be a little beautiful.»

The picture that blew him up

Recently in an interview with the Harper Market in 2024, Keira Knightley He returned to the feeling of locking that he felt in the role of Elizabeth Svan.

“” “ There was an object of desire for everyone. No, he had no battle in him, but he was special from a real missed boy, on the screens, opposite.»

While continuing to shoot pirates of the Caribbean, the actor also sought to rebuild himself with more complex roles, in films such as pride and prejudice, return, domino or jacket.

“” “I really felt limited, very locked. So my next roles were trying to get out of it … I didn’t know how to do it all. I felt locked in what I didn’t understand.»

Finally, this early notice was the life of a difficult but formative life Keira Knightley : “I had a strange login in adult life because it became known very young. We look forward to doing nothing for women, publicly, and I had big problems. It was a real electric shock.»

Keira Knightley You will see on October 10 at Thriller La Disparue de la Cabin 10. At the same time, you can see it in its latest spy series, Black Doves (2024), on Netflix, or in its latest drama, The Boston Stranger (2023), available with Disney+stream.

Disney+ also offers pirates of the Caribbean Sea.