Keira Is Life

Glamour US

2008-10-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

GLAMOUR: You picked your clothes out 10 minutes before you got in the car?

KK: No, I picked them out because I haven’t done washing for ages. So I decided not to put on my stained, stinking stuff for you, to try to present myself as someone who wouldn’t have stained, stinking clothes.

GLAMOUR: And you’ve done a brilliant job.
KK: But now I’m talking about it, so I’ve ruined the illusion!

[credit sweet-keira.net]

Keira Knightley: I'd sh*t myself if I won an Oscar

2008-09-14T08:09:00.000-07:00

Actress would be too nervous to make a speech

Saturday, 13 September 2008

Keira Knightley says she'd be stunned if she won an Oscar for The Duchess. And the actress admits she'd be too nervous to get up on stage to accept it. ‘I’d probably shit myself if I had to give a speech,’ she says.
Keira, 23, plays Princess Diana’s ancestor Georgiana Spencer in the film - a role she found tricky. ‘There's always an element of fear that you're not going to be able to make people believe in the fiction,’ she tells Weekend magazine. 'That suddenly you're going to be standing there in your dress and wig, and feel like a complete wanker.'

[credit sweet-keira.net & nowmagazine.co.uk]

At Radio 1 - Promoting 'The Duchess'

2008-09-14T07:56:00.000-07:00

Anybody could be that guy
Night is young and the music's high
With a bit of rock music
Everything is fine
You're in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance
You are the dancing queen

[credit sweet-keira.net]

Screening of The Duchess hosted by The Cinema Society

2008-09-11T12:42:00.000-07:00

People everywhere
A sense of expectation hanging in the air
Giving out a spark
Across the room your eyes are glowing in the dark

And here we go again, we know the start, we know the end

[credit sweet-keira.net]

Happy B-day Cillian!

2008-05-24T20:22:00.000-07:00

I hope you have a really lovely birthday and enjoy with Malachy, Ivonne and the supposed new baby if there is one! You are one of the greatest actors out there, and I'm sure you'll always be. Keep on giving us your great performances. I love you.

May 18 - Keira and Rupert sighting in Paris

2008-05-21T19:09:00.001-07:00

Rupert's face on the last picture is PRICELESS

May 17 - Keira and Rupert sighting in Saint-Germain-des-Pres.

2008-05-19T18:33:00.000-07:00

I am just uploading my favourites!

Anthony Hopkins, Keira Knightley and Gwyneth Paltrow star in $35m ‘King Lear’

2008-05-19T18:26:00.000-07:00

Anthony Hopkins, Keira Knightley and Gwyneth Paltrow will headline a $35m adaptation of Shakespeare’s epic tragedy King Lear.

Joshua Michael Stern, who made the upcoming Kevin Costner political comedy Swing Vote, which screens in the market here, adapted the screenplay and will direct and produce.
It is understood Paltrow will play Regan, one of Lear’s two treacherous eldest daughters who fight for the lion’s share of their father’s kingdom when he announces his abdication.
Knightley will play Cordelia, Lear’s youngest and most loyal daughter who is disowned by the king after she refuses to take part in a contest to demonstrate who loves their father the most.
Cordelia flees and marries the King of France before returning with an army to wage war against her sisters, an act that triggers the cataclysmic final sequence of events.
The producers expect to announce further casting, including the eldest daughter Goneril as well as various scheming members of the aristocracy.
Ruby Films chief Alison Owen is in talks to produce and her colleague Paul Trijbits is in talk to serve as executive producer.
Stern’s vision for the updated, live-action project is described as being epic in the vein of 300, featuring epic battle sequences and high passion

May 14 - With her mother in Paris

2008-05-16T15:57:00.000-07:00

May 12 - Keira and Rupert on film set in Paris

2008-05-14T19:13:00.000-07:00

"The Edge of Love" Trailer

2008-05-13T18:59:00.000-07:00

God! As you may already know, the "The Edge of Love" trailer is out. I can't be more excited! This movie is really promising, even more thank "Atonement". Truth is that in this movie stars not only Keira whom, of course, I adore, but also Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller which are my other favourite actors.
As I was watching the movie trailer I heard my brother saying: "Sister! Are you alright? Why are you crying?". Yes, I was crying but until that moment I hadn't realized I was. I absolutely made my month, lol.

Happy B-day James Mcavoy!

2008-04-21T18:02:00.000-07:00

There were bells on a hill

But I never heard them ringing

No I never heard them at all

Till there was you

As today is James Andrew Mcavoy's 29th birthday I decided to upload some Keira&James pictures of events, because I think they are really sweet and would make a lovely couple (even if he's married and she's with Rupert). Have a really good day and enjoy, even if you are working (I think you love your work anyway) because you diserve it. Now a message for Eugenia: I know how much you love him, so this post is also a post for you. I know you'll meet him some day.

Keira and Rupert still together.

2008-04-20T12:37:00.000-07:00

The two both because of there busy acting schedules have been apart for some time now. It is said that Keira fears that their relationship is drifting too far apart and that Rupert is getting too close to his co-star Sophia Myles. A friend said,

“They have been arguing about Rupert’s workload and how little time they spend together. Keira was quite concerned they were drifting apart and was also worried he was getting a bit too close to Sophia. So she flew to the set in Germany and they sorted things out. It was then that they decided to buy a house together and they are going to put in £1 million each.”

The Edge of Love stills

2008-04-16T18:15:00.000-07:00

Keira is number 87, of the 100 most powerful people in British culture:

87 Keira Knightley, 23, actress. Love her or loathe her, Knightley’s Hollywood roles have cemented her leading-lady status and made her one of Britain’s most coveted young actresses.

Keira was chosen 9th place on ‘Glamour Magazine’s annual Britain’s Best-Dressed Woman poll’:

Designer Vera Wang said:
“What makes her so attractive and appealing is the tomboyish aspect to her. To be so beautiful and yet so unaware of it I find incredibly modern.”

"The Edge of Love" News + New "The Duchess" still

2008-04-09T17:15:00.000-07:00

LONDON — John Maybury’s “The Edge of Love” will open this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Maybury’s biopic of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas should give the Scottish capital set event some glitz and glamour with a cast which includes Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys and Cillian Murphy.
Organizers said Knightley, Miller, Rhys and Maybury are expected to attend the gala event June 18.
This year’s Edinburgh film shindig is the first time it will unfold in June having previously always occupied an August slot. The festival runs June 18-29.
Maybury’s romantic love triangle film is produced by Rebekah Gilbertson and Sarah Radclyffe, co-produced by Huw Penallt Jones and Bill Godfrey and executive produced by David Berstein, Linda James, Hannah Leader, Joe Oppenheimer, Tim Smith and David M. Thompson.
“It’s a film that I personally adore, and opening with it is the perfect expression of our commitment to intelligent, impassioned, exciting new filmmaking,” festival artistic director Hannah McGill said.

The Edge of Love

2008-03-24T11:33:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Cafe de Paris we have a new The Edge of Love Still, with Cillian Murphy and Keira. I think it's a beautiful picture, and from the pictures I saw of the place it's a really nice place too.
This is what the location manager said: "We filmed for two days in the Café de Paris and it worked perfectly : Not only did the Café de Paris perfectly fit the brief as scripted ('Café de Paris', indeed !) but we were also supported with immense professionalism and good humor in the necessary technical and logistical elements."

Alex Galdstone

Keira walking in London - March 13

2008-03-14T11:41:00.000-07:00

I loved this pictures! She looks gorgeous, and the coat is just perfect. I wander who that guy is...

Atonement star and boyfriend agree 3-month separation

2008-03-06T19:34:00.000-08:00

Keira Knightley's relationship with actor Rupert Friend is said to be in trouble after two and a half years together.

The Atonement star, 22 - who failed to win an Oscar for her role - and Rupert, 26, are said to have rowed after the awards.

Maintaining two showbiz careers and finding time for each other has not been easy for them.

'They had just agreed to go travelling for 3 months non-stop together when he accepted another film,' an insider tells The Daily Star.

'So instead, they're having a 3-month break.'

A friend of mine showed me that... it comes from a gossip magazine so it may not be true. Let's just hope it is gossip for Keira's sake. If she leaves Rupert she'll loose two fans, two important fans who will become Rupert's fans. Rupert is the cutest thing ever... she CANNOT break up with him. Poor darling! He needs money for traveling, after having spent a lot of it in taking Keira to Iceland for Valentine's!

Keira tunes up to sing for Dylan

2008-03-06T19:30:00.000-08:00

Keira Knightley snuck into a recording studio to lay down the tracks she sings in a new movie and the result is an album featuring the young Oscar-nominated star.

Keira stars with Sienna Miller (almost unrecognisable), Matthew Rhys and Cillian Murphy in John Maybury's film The Edge Of Love. It's about two women in Dylan Thomas's life - his childhood friend Vera Phillips and his wife Caitlin MacNamara - and their Bohemian romping during World War II.

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The movie, which was written by Keira's mum Sharman Macdonald, opens with Keira, who plays Vera, singing Blue Tahitian Moon to people sheltering in an Underground station during the Blitz.

When I visited the set last year, Keira admitted to me she wasn't sure she could carry a tune. "I can't really sing," she said. "I had to have a few lessons, but once I started doing it, a sound emerged that wasn't too disagreeable!"

Well, she's always downplaying her talent - I suspect because of those who, for some reason I can't fathom, sneer at her. She should start believing in herself and get used to the fact that she's emerging as a damn good actress. And her singing, which has a mournful edge to it, is far from "disagreeable".

The album, which is being released later this year on Universal's Classics and Jazz label, also has Keira singing two other numbers featured in the movie: Irving Berlin's Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much and Drifting And Dreaming.

The soundtrack also has Suggs from Madness crooning Hang Out The Stars In Indiana and numbers written by Maybury and Angelo Badalamenti, sung by Siouxsie Sioux, Beth Rowley and Patrick Wolf.

I saw a completed version of The Edge Of Love and, as I revealed in previous columns, Keira and Sienna (who portrays Caitlin) give sublime performances that delve deeper when Maybury moves the story from London to windswept Wales.

There, the two women essentially co-habit with the poet. Indeed, all four leads are brilliant when the story darkens in Wales.

I'm sure it's going to be a contender at Cannes and other film festivals this year.

Both movie and album will probably come out in the summer.

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That's a Daily Mail article, I so long to watch this movie!

Colourful Keira

2008-03-01T10:36:00.001-08:00

She was really young when this pictures came out, and she already looked flawless. She's untouchable.

Old Photoshoot

2008-03-01T10:21:00.000-08:00

I decided I'm going to start uploading my favourite old Keira stuff. I love this old photoshoot, it's one of my favourites. I hope you enjoy it.

POTC: Dead Man's Chest Photocall

2008-03-01T10:08:00.000-08:00

I was going through some Keira pictures and realized I love how she looks in these ones, and decided to post them. I think they would make a wonderful couple, but I love Rupert anyway.

Keira's changing style

2008-02-29T22:36:00.000-08:00

British actress KEIRA KNIGHTLEY is desperate to take her style cues from BJORK and HELENA BONHAM CARTER - but doesn’t yet have the confidence to emulate their outlandish tastes.
The Atonement star is keen on being in the limelight for her choice of outfits and cites the unique fashion sense of singer Bjork and actress Bonham Carter as her style icons.
She says, “I don’t think I’m confident enough yet to be used to being in the limelight because of my style.”
“But I loved the swan dress Bjork wore to the 2001 Oscars. I’d love to have the courage to do the same.” And Knightley reserves high praise for Bonham Carter: “Helena wears whatever she wants and looks amazing.”

I guess the "Swann" wants to dress like one! (I hope she never finds the courage she's looking for)

Bafta's After Party

2008-02-28T10:17:00.000-08:00

This photos are really cute, she looks really sweet, doesn't she?

Vanity Fair Tribute

2008-02-25T18:26:00.000-08:00

Vanity Fair's Hitchcock Classics Photo Spreads

The latest issue of Vanity Fair includes a set of photo spreads featuring today's Hollywood actors recreating classic Hitchcock scenes in an article titled The 2008 Hollywood Portfolio: Hitchcock Classics. A-list actors and actresses, such as Keira Knightley, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts, Emile Hirsch, James McAvoy, Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem are featured in this set.

I'm uploading Keira's pictures, James Mcavoy and Emile Hirsch's scene and Marion Cotillard's one because they are my favourite actors among the ones which are part of this Vanity Fair issue. I hope you enjoy them.

Lucky

2008-02-25T18:10:00.000-08:00

I've made a new Keira Tribute (it's my 5th one actually), so I thought of giving you the link to it. So... here it is http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZC6APDmmFaA.

I'm also adding some Keira news and a picture of Keira at the BAFTAs

Hollywood actress Keira Knightley has revealed that she hates being photographed on the red carpet.
The 22-year-old actress said that she is not comfortable being photographed.
“I’m not comfortable having to be myself, or being photographed as myself,” Daily Express quoted her as saying.
“Australian Aborigines say, with every photograph that is taken, a piece of your soul goes with it. And there are some days when I kind of believe that,” she added.
However, Knightley scooped the Best actress gong and Woman of the Year title,’ at the Elle Style Award.

New Silk Stills!

2008-02-25T14:30:00.001-08:00

I just loved them, she looks soooooo cute on both of them, right? Message for Aaaaant: told you I was going to use the pic and give you credit, remember? The picture above was made by a friend of mine, as well as the picture that I used as a title. I loved seeing you today :)

Keira Knightley on Acces Hollywood

2008-02-20T16:42:00.000-08:00

Some caps and the youtube link to this interview. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=B_IBmg3Kkqs)

The Edge of Love - Scans

2008-02-17T15:20:00.001-08:00

Finally some news about "The Edge of Love"! I loved these scans, I hope you get to enjoy them too! Keira & Cillian together look lovely, don’t you think?

BAFTA Awards 2008 Portraits

2008-02-16T08:52:00.000-08:00

I must take back the dress thing I said on a previous post, for it looked completely flawless.

February 14 - Valentines Day With Rupert

2008-02-16T08:40:00.000-08:00

Keira and Rupert were spotted walking around London. The Daily Mail is reporting that Keira wasn’t in the best of moods, yesterday; saying that she “Couldn’t raise a smile,”.

Happy V Day!

2008-02-14T15:45:00.000-08:00

‘The Post Chronicle’ is reporting that the couple have a little romantic getaway planned for Thursday. The couple plans to be in Iceland for Valentine’s Day!

A source said: “It sounded like it must have cost a fortune. I think he organised the whole thing as a surprise, she seemed pretty excited about it.”

Enjoy Iceland darling!

Elle Style Awards - After Party

2008-02-14T15:40:00.000-08:00

OMG! She was so drunk, lol.

Elle Style Awards - Press Room

2008-02-14T15:33:00.000-08:00

Elle Style Awards - Arrivals

2008-02-14T14:58:00.000-08:00

Thumbs up for the Elle Style Awards. She looked completely flawless. I loved her hairdo and make up and OF COURSE! dress. This time she really showed she has got style. No need to kill her stylist anymore.

Pre Bafta Party

2008-02-14T14:50:00.000-08:00

Bafta Awards - Arrivals

2008-02-14T14:30:00.000-08:00

What can I say? I didn't like the dress she was wearing very much, but it looked nice on her. Make-up... I think she wasn't wearing much of it, so I cannot judge that. And last but not least, she had no hairdo whatsoever! It was absolutely not her best event, was it? She looked really natural though, and as she is naturally gorgeous and flawless, she looked exactly that way.

2008-01-28T15:57:00.001-08:00

Keira given BAFTA hope from old school

Monday, January 28, 2008
School has finger's crossed for former pupil
Teachers at Keira Knightley's former high school are so gutted by the actress' Oscar snub they have clubbed together to send her a BAFTAs good luck card.
Searching for signatures to drop off at the 22-year-old's parent's house, a teacher at the Teddington School said of the Atonement star: 'We have kindly made a card to send to Keira Knightley, congratulating her on being nominated for a BAFTA for Atonement.'
'We are disappointed that she missed out on an Oscar nomination. I know lots of the staff, who were here when she was a pupil, have very fond memories of her.
'She was really hard working and never made a fuss when she was away filming. She just quietly made up the work and slipped back into school life.'
'Most of the students at Teddington are very proud to be associated with Keira through the school. I am always being asked if I taught her and where she sat.'
Go Keira, Richmond's rooting for you!

Wasn't that one of the cutest things? OMG! It's so lovely.

James White Photoshoot

2008-01-25T12:03:00.000-08:00

I hope you like them! I think they are gorgeous!

65th Annual Golden Globe Awards

2008-01-14T05:31:00.000-08:00

65th Annual Golden Globe Awards®

Winners announced Sunday, January 13th

Best Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
Atonement (2007)

Other Nominees:
American Gangster (2007)
Eastern Promises (2007)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Michael Clayton (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Other Nominees:
Across the Universe (2007)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Hairspray (2007)
Juno (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER
Daniel Day-Lewis
for There Will Be Blood (2007)

Other Nominees:
George Clooney
for Michael Clayton (2007)
James McAvoy
for Atonement (2007)
Viggo Mortensen
for Eastern Promises (2007)
Denzel Washington
for American Gangster (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER
Julie Christie
for Away from Her (2006)

Other Nominees:
Cate Blanchett
for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Jodie Foster
for The Brave One (2007)
Angelina Jolie
for A Mighty Heart (2007)
Keira Knightley
for Atonement (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

WINNER
Cate Blanchett
for I'm Not There. (2007)

Other Nominees:
Julia Roberts
for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Saoirse Ronan
for Atonement (2007)
Amy Ryan
for Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Tilda Swinton
for Michael Clayton (2007)

Best Director - Motion Picture

WINNER
Julian Schnabelfor Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007)

Other Nominees:
Tim Burton
for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
for No Country for Old Men (2007)
Ridley Scott
for American Gangster (2007)
Joe Wright
for Atonement (2007)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

WINNER
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Other Nominees:
Atonement (2007)
Christopher Hampton
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Aaron Sorkin
Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007)
Ronald Harwood
Juno (2007)
Diablo Cody

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

WINNER
Atonement (2007)
Dario Marianelli

Other Nominees:
Eastern Promises (2007)
Howard Shore
Grace Is Gone (2007)
Clint Eastwood
Into the Wild (2007)
Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder
The Kite Runner (2007)Alberto Iglesias

So, what can I say? I am happy that Atonement won because their effort was rewarded even though they weren't rewarded individually. CONGRATULATIONS! Oh, I also wanted to say that I'm not sorry that Keira didn't win, because she was at least nominated, and that IS something.

W Magazine HQ

2008-01-13T10:59:00.000-08:00

As I promised, here are the HQ!

W Magazine - Photoshoot by Steven Klein

2008-01-12T11:40:00.001-08:00

I think she looks gorgeous, and he looks really hot. When the HQ ones come out I'll post them.

Entertainment Weekly Article/Interview.

2008-01-12T05:03:00.000-08:00

If you'll pardon Keira Knightley for a minute, she needs a smoke. "It's really rude to do this," she says in the middle of an interview in the rooftop of New York's posh Gramery Park hotel. "Would you mind terribly if I just went and got my cigarettes and came straight back?"
With that she's off for a few minutes to get some tobacco and papers. "Are you smoking again?" asks her Atonment costar James Mcavoy after she returns and starts rolling her own.
"I'm smoking because there were so many f(uck)ing photographers outside," she says. "I thought, F(uck) it -- I'll have a cigarette"
Her lungs won't get a break anytime soon. Neither Knightley nor Mcavoy, who also got snapped by the photogs outside the hotel, can expect much privacy during the current Oscar season. Atonement- director Joe Wright's heart-tugging, decades-spanning adaptation of Ian McEwan's acclaimed 2002 novel- stands to become one of this year's top Academy Awars nominees thanks to its epic storyline, lush cinematography, and strong performances from Knightley(as upper-crust Cecilia Tallis) and Mcavoy (servant's son Robbie Turner), both of whom earned Golden Globe nominations for the film.
Of course, it's not the first awards-season tour of duty for either of them. Two years ago, Knightley, 22, became one of the youngest Best Actress nominees ever with her performance in Pride & Prejudice (also directed by Wright), while Mcavoy, 28, made the rounds last year as a costar of The Last King of Scotland, for which Forest Whithaker won the Best Actor prize. Over assorted vodka cocktails, the british starlet and her Scottish leading man discussed the politics of Oscar, their fights over the Atonement script, and their doozy of a sex scene.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Since so much of Atonement rides on the chemistry between the two of you, how nervous were you to shoot your big love scene?
KNIGHTLEY: You have to believe that they will wait for each other for five years based on that one moment. So it had to be erotic, and it had to be passionate enough. We talked about it a lot. Most directors go "Oh, you know what to do. Just get on with it". Well, actually, I don't know what to do. This is a relative stranger, and I'm in front of a group of strangers and I don't know what to do. Joe was incredibly precise. He had storyboarded the whole thing. My foot coming out of my shoe, biting my lip at the end, the way my head turns - that was all completely him. And during it, because it was so close and it was on a Steadicam, we didn't know what part of the body the shot was on. So Joe literary shouted [directions] out as we were doing it.
EW: How close by was he?
McAVOY: Five feet away? Four feet away? At one point, thinking that he was being very funny, he shouted, "All right, Keira, next I want you to wank him off" and nobody laughed.
KNIGHTLEY: No, because we thought that's what he meant! I thought, Wait a minute. And then I heard this little voice go "Sorry!".
EW: So is the attraction we see on screen simply from Joe telling you what to do? Or does it also have to do with real spark between the two of you?
KNIGHTLEY: You're right: Our job is to make sure that there's chemistry. And if you're working with somebody who you get on with, and you're on the same page as far as where your characters are going emotionally, you will get it. However, you don't always. Sometimes you can be with a really great actor that you really get on with and for some reason, it's cold.
McAVOY: I've seen actors who really fancy each other and are indeed f(uck)ing, and it's rubbish.
KNIGHTLEY: In fact, a lot of directors say, "Don't f(uck) each other" because it'll ruin it.
EW: Both of you say your favourite scene together is when you reunite over tea during the war.
McAVOY: That was the scene that made me think, I can do this part. At one point it was dramatically altered.
KNIGHTLEY: Oh, that was awful! Remember? We nearly died!
EW: How was the revised version different?
McAVOY: It was made more emotive.
KNIGHTLEY: It was a different writer, and it was a perfectly well-written scene, but just not what made sense with the rest of [the film].
McAVOY: The characters would explain how they feel. If they were angry, they were telling them that they were angry. Before we started rehearsal, Joe phoned me up and went, "I just want to know what you think of the new scene." And I said, "Joe, do you want me to be honest? I'm devastated. One of the scenes that made me feel like I had a connection to the script is now irrevocably gone."
EW: So did you win the battle?
McAVOY: It took a few weeks, but Joe ultimately put it back. But not just because we wanted to.
EW: The plot of the film is set in motion by a provocative letter Robbie accidentally delivers to Cecilia. James, a few months ago you told me you don't think the letter is vulgar, even though it contains the C- word. What do you think Keira?
KNIGHTLEY: I completely agree. What's wonderful about it is that you set this piece up that you think is very safely 1930s - it's a very beautiful, very classic British film, wonderful costumes, the rest of it. And then you put the c--- word into it. And it completely explodes. I think in England it's not as big a deal as it is in America. I say it all the time.
McAVOY: We call each other it all the time! But you've got to remember, it's not said in the film. It's only ever typed.
KNIGHTLEY: Nobody's been outraged by it. And I actually thought that they would. I know that Joe was asked by the studio at some point to take the word out, clearly because they thought people would get really offended by it. And Joe said the immortal words, "The c--- stays in the picture!"
EW: What on earth could you have replaced it with?
McAVOY: "Your lady garden"?
KNIGHTLEY: We were trying to come up with that. No idea.
McAVOY: Can you imagine? "Every night I go to bed and I dream about your... noo-noo"?
KNIGHTLEY: We had a big conversation about whether they'd actually "done it" before. Joe thought that Cecilia would have been a virgin. We actually got a historical adviser in and asked her. And she said she probably wasn't, since she'd gone away to university. And it kind of destroyed Joe for a minute or two. He couldn't take it at all. He was really upset. I said, "She can be a virgin if you want her to be!"
EW: James, is it true that Joe Wright has offered you a part in every project he's done and you've always turned him down?
McAVOY: In TV he'd offered me stuff a couple of times. At one point he got quite annoyed with me.
EW: Were you worried he would hold that against you when you read for Atonement?
McAVOY: That was in the back of my head. But that's just my own paranoia.
KNIGHTLEY: It does happen, but I have to say, he did one of the most extraordinary screen tests I've ever seen in my entire life. And it was on a day where really good actors had been up for the role. Joe had a specific physical type that he wanted, and it wasn't necessarily James. But he came in and it was such an extraordinary reading that we were all completely silent for 10 minutes afterward.
McAVOY: Joe said to me after the screen test, "That was good, mate - we'll see how things go." He couldn't say yes, he's not allowed to. But he said, "Read the book." And I just went, "No way! Give me the f(uck)ing part and I'll read the book!"
EW: Between this and next summer's action thriller Wanted with Angeline Jolie, you're really about to take off, James. Whereas Keira's already been through this kind of sudden fame.
McAVOY: Having worked with Keira and having recently worked with Angelina Jolie as well, I know I'll never get to the point, frankly, where people will run across freeways to take a picture of me. It's a different thing for women.
EW: Both of you have also been through the Oscar-season process before. What was it like for you?
KNIGHTLEY: For me it was the first time that anyone said I could remotely act. So going from a pretty face who's s--- to somebody being nominated for an Oscar was hilarious! And also I knew I hadn't got a f(uck)ing hope in hell of actually winning it, so it took the pressure off. But I never read a script and go, "Ooh, that could be an Oscar."
EW: I'm sure some people do.
McAVOY: Agents do. Last King of Scotland was kicking about for eight years before it got made. And there was always this perceived opinion that whoever played that part was getting an Oscar-winning part. It was always deemed as an "Oscar script." I know that that wasn't in any way a consideration for Forest Withaker, but I know that had he not won Best Actor there would have been people in the industry who would have considered it a failure. And that's f(uck)ing ridiculous. There were people connected to the film that where aiming for that from the moment he was cast.
EW: So now that you've essentially completed your international press tour for this film what would you say is the one question you've each gotten the most?
McAVOY: [Affecting on American accent] "Could you, uh, just talk about the five minute tracking shot? Was that all one shot?
KNIGHTLEY: I've had "Why are you only good in Joe Wright films?"
EW: In those exact words?
KNIGHTLEY: No, okay, maybe not those words. But pretty much. "Would you agree that you have done your best work...[with Joe Wright]" You know, that kind of thing. "Why are you so s--- in everything else?"
McAVOY: And I've been asked to grade your kissing ability.
KNIGHTLEY: That was my fault. I got asked for the 20 millionth time who was the better kisser between Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, and I thought I'd be really clever and say "James McAvoy. Ha ha ha!" And now every single one is going, "So James is a better kisser than Johnny and Orlando?"
McAVOY: [Again with an American accent] "So, James, I hear you're better than Johnny Depp! Do you care to say anything about that?" And I just go, "Yeah, you know, I'll f----in' kick his head in."
KNIGHTLEY: Brilliant!.

I hope you enjoy it as much as you can! The pictures are from the behind the scenes of the photoshoot I uploaded yesterday.

Entertainment Weekly

2008-01-11T11:07:00.000-08:00

I hope you enjoy this Entertainment Weekly pictures as much as I did when I saw them. The photographer was James White (he had already photographed Keira before). The picture with James Mcavoy(not the cover of the magazine) is just too sexy, isn't it?

Keira and Rupert Friend in Hawaii - January 07 2006

2008-01-07T15:04:00.000-08:00

Pictures of Keira and Rupert walking on the beach one year from today(yesterday, but the pictures wouldn't upload). I hope you like them!

Keira Knightley & Joe Wright

2008-01-04T10:12:00.000-08:00

Keira and Joe (director of Atonement and Pride and Prejudice) are very nice friends, and I found some pictures of them dancing at the Golden Globes After Party, ain't them cute?

Silk

2008-01-02T08:59:00.000-08:00

A new Silk still has come out, so I decided to upload all the movie stills that are out.
I love Keira's look in this movie (even though it has nothing to do with Baricco's Hélène)
Enjoy!
If you have any questions contact me at: vicki-e@hotmail.com

Atonement

2008-01-01T16:52:00.000-08:00

What can I say about Atonement? Did I like it? Yes, I did... very much. Is it Ian McEwan's Atonement? I really don't think so. I suppose I expected too much from this movie and I didn't get it which is quite annoying and sad.
So... (this is just my personal opinion) if you have read the book you'll think it's nice but it lacks a lot of details (which is not a big deal as you may sure remember them) and there are some important scenes missing. You may try to enjoy it and think they did they did their best or not, but either way it's a good movie.
If you haven't read the book, however, I think you will get lost and confused in a lot of parts and will need an explanation. As you haven't read the book (of course) you will really like it (at least the parts you understand) and will come out of the cinema with tears in your eyes.
Here (in Argentina) Atonement comes out on February 7th, but I have my sources (lol) so I rented it. Don't miss it!
I hope you enjoy it as much as you can!
If you have questions or you want the untagged photos contact me at: vicki-e@hotmail.com
http://fotolog.com/keira_bennet

Stories of lost souls - 2006

2007-12-31T09:49:00.000-08:00

First of all... HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you spend the last day of this year with your friends and family, having fun, laughing, shouting, drinking, eating, ENJOYING! The pictures I'm uploading today are from the movie "Stories of lost souls", in which she plays Leah. I haven't really watched it (even though I'm looking for it in youtube.com, if I find it I'll give you the link) but as she appears in the segment "New year's eve" I thought it would be fun to put them here. So... I think that's it, have a good night.

If you have questions or you want the untagged photos contact me at: vicki-e@hotmail.com

@ Lax airport

2007-12-30T11:52:00.001-08:00

This are old candids of Keira arriving at Lax airport on December 07. I had never seen them before, I hope you like them (I do).

If you have questions or you want the untagged photos contact me at: vicki-e@hotmail.com

Keira and Rupert leaving Sienna Miller's Birthday Party - December 28

2007-12-29T17:46:00.000-08:00

Sienna Miller celebrates her 26th birthday with a party at Cliftons Pub in North London on Friday night (the day of her actual birthday). The British actress (using the Blackberry Curve) was accompanied by boyfriend Rhys Ifans, supermodel pal Kate Moss, socialite Davinia Taylor, musician Jamie Hince, actress Keira Knightley and Keira’s actor boyfriend Rupert Friend.

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Firsty First

2007-12-28T21:22:00.000-08:00

I'm creating this blogspot to post more photos of Keira Knightley each day. I hope you enjoy it and you find a lot of new information. I will try to update the site as often as possible.
As you may know, earlier this year Keira started filming "The Duchess" and now the movie trailer is out! I loved it so I hope you do as well.
The Duchess Trailer link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HM7aXlh7YwU
My fotolog link: http://fotolog.com/keira_bennet
I hope you also enjoy the photos of Keira as Georgiana I'm uploading. If you want them without the link contact me here: vicki-e@hotmail.com