Pirates of the Caribbean: Keira Knightley felt “locked in” and burned

Pirates of the Caribbean: Keira Knightley felt “locked in” and burned

Pirates of the Caribbeana celebrity first for Keira Knightley

The saga Pirates of the Caribbean he was one of cinema’s most prolific. From his first work, The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), the audience warmly welcomed this fantastic pirate adventure. We then discovered a Jack Sparrow charismatic and with variable morale, accompanied by Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, not the least to make wrong moves for their own sake. This is the whole point of these characters with complex development in the early films – The Secret of the Cursed Chest (2006) and Until the end of the world (2007).

Pirates of the Caribbean ©Walt Disney Pictures
Pirates of the Caribbean ©Walt Disney Pictures

If we tend to refer above all to Johnny Depp and his brilliant incarnation of Jack Sparrow, Keira Knightley it was not overlooked in Elizabeth Swann. The presence of him greatly contributes to the quality of the films. Nevertheless, the actress didn’t keep only good things from this experienceas he revealed in an interview for variety. Remember that at the time it was still early in his career, 18 years during the first Pirates of the Caribbean. be sudden propelled to stardom at such a young age then it was not easy for her to manage.

I had a rather difficult entrance into adulthood, an extreme landing in becoming famous at an early age. There’s a strange position that women are placed in, publicly, and I’ve never felt comfortable with that. It was a shock.

A character the opposite of the actress and consequently a burnout

The actress continues by directly evoking her character of Elizabeth Swann. A heroine who, despite having “a lot of courage in her“, remained “an object coveted by all” according to her. Keira Knightley then feltbond” AND “locked upin a very different photo of her.

It was pretty special to go from tomboy status to the complete opposite. I felt very limited. I felt stuck. That’s why my later roles had to take me out of that… I didn’t know how to express it. I felt like I was trapped in something I didn’t understand.

Just before Pirates of the CaribbeanKeira Knightley has indeed been revealed with a so-called “tomboy” role. Jules in Play as Beckham (2002). Parallel to the saga, he chained the productions a variety of roles all more different from each other. From Domino (2005) a The duchess (2008) via Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Come back to me (2007).

Keira Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean ©Walt Disney Pictures
Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean ©Walt Disney Pictures

He goes on to explain that at this point in his career he was “incredibly hard on (her) herself“, considering never be good enough. Always trying to improve, it was for her, at 22 years oldexhausting, and this had a cost that she does not hide: A burnout.

Though her career took another turn after that Pirates of the CaribbeanKeira Knightley returned to the saga a an appearance in Salazar’s Revenge (2017). We can find it soon in The Boston Strangler, about the true story of murderer Albert DeSalvo. The film will be available from March 17 on Disney+.

Source: Cine Serie

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