Keira Knightley Thought That Love Actually Scene Was Creepy, Too

love actually Designed to be the antidote to Hollywood romance and happy endings. Its blend of vulnerability, sentimentality and disarming silliness has made it a Christmas movie classic for decades, but it also has a lot of gross-out moments. Actor Keira Knightley recently shared her own reaction to one of the most infamous scenes in film.

The story comes to a close as all the characters come to terms with their personal circumstances on Christmas Eve. Andrew Lincoln’s Mark recently revealed that he fell in love with Knightley’s Juliet, who happens to be married to his best friend Peter (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor).

On December 24, Mark showed up at her and Peter’s home and gave a demonstration through a boom box and cue cards, explaining his feelings for her and how he was going to put them aside and just be friends. It’s a catharsis that only comes after she previously discovered a recording of his wedding, with the stalker’s attention entirely focused on her.

“There’s a bit of a stalking aspect to it – I Do Please remember this,” Knightley said recently Tell Los Angeles Times As part of a press conference for her new Netflix thriller series black dove. “My memory is [director] Richard [Curtis]who is now a very close friend of mine, and I was doing this scene and he said, ‘No, you’re watching [Lincoln] Like he’s creepy,” and I’m like [in a dramatic whisper],’but it yes Pretty creepy. Then had to be redone to fix my face and make him look less creepy.

Looking back, you can still look back at Knightley’s frowning reaction as her character was a bit put off by the whole stunt, even though the scene itself was shot and edited in a way that suggests we’re supposed to see it all as romantic and endearing. Of course, what’s even more chilling is that Knightley was only 17 when the movie was shot. “I mean, there was There was a creepy factor to that, right? she added. “And, I know I’m only 17. This seems like only a few years ago.” Everyone Others Realized I was 17 years old.

love actually Comes out in the same year Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearlwhich catapulted Knightley into the upper echelons of stardom. The intense scrutiny that came with it from fans, media and others made success costly, she said. “I spent five years between the ages of 17 and 21 and I would never have that level of success again,” she told the outlet Los Angeles Times. “It totally prepared me for life. Did it come at a cost? Yes, it did. It came at a time big cost. Knowing the cost, can I in good conscience say to my kids, should you do this? No, but am I grateful for it? Yes. But that’s life, isn’t it? Luckily, my kids were completely uninterested.

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