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- Keira Knightley revealed which of her movies she’s never watched during an appearance on BBC Radio 2’s The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on Nov. 3
- The conversation came up after host Scott Mills queried how many times Knightley has watched Love Actually
- “I saw it at the premiere and I have never seen it [again],” she said of the holiday rom-com
Keira Knightley isn’t watching her own work on movie nights!
During an appearance on BBC Radio 2’s The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on Monday, Nov. 3, the Woman in Cabin 10 actress, 40, revealed that she rarely rewatches films that she’s starred in, despite agreeing with host Scott Mills that she’s played “great characters.”
“It’s funny because my relationship with a piece of work is obviously different from people viewing it,” said Knightley. “What’s wonderful about those films is they have become people’s favorites and they watch them again and again and again and again.
“I either haven’t watched them, or I have only watched them once, because it’s not a particularly lovely experience watching your own face back at you,” she continued. “It’s very strange.”
The Black Doves star said it isn’t uncommon for people not to watch themselves. Due to her avoidance of watching her own projects, she struggles to remember the work she’s done.
“Quite a lot of people I know never watch their own and so I am more on that side than anything else,” said Knightley. “So actually, I do forget them and it’s quite funny now when people come up to me and talk about films they know really, very well and I am very definitely there and I am very definitely in them.”
Mills said it was mind-blowing to think that she may have only watched Love Actually once, despite the rom-com being a staple in many people’s Christmas viewing habits.
“I have only seen Love Actually once,” Knightley replied. “I saw it at the premiere and I have never seen it [again]. I think I was 18. So, over 20 years ago, I saw Love Actually.”
“Have you ever seen Pirates of the Caribbean?” Mills queried.
“I have never seen the third one,” Knightley replied. “I saw the second one at the premiere, but I have never seen the third one.”
Justifying her reasoning, she added, “I just feel there’s too much face. There’s just such a lot of face.
“Really close up, large face,” Knightley joked. “It’s just, nobody needs to see that.”
The conversation arose after Mills brought up the news that her costar, Orlando Bloom, would love to make a sequel, but Knightley can’t remember much about her character, Elizabeth Swann.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight in September, Knightley had asked, “What happened to her?” while revealing there haven’t been any conversations about the movie franchise or resurrecting her role.
She told BBC Radio 2 host Mills that the Pirates of the Caribbean “was a long time ago.”
“I will be honest, I can’t remember what happens on this show most weeks,” Mills replied. “What we did. What we spoke about. So, how are you expected to remember characters? I mean, they were great characters from years ago.”
Knightley and Bloom did not appear in the fourth and fifth Pirates films: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Lies, which came out in 2011 and 2017, respectively.
Knightley previously told that she doesn’t intend to return to the franchise.
“You know I think my pirating days are over,” she said in September. “I think I definitely spent many years doing that and, you know, it was amazing and I’m very pleased to have been a part of that, but I suspect that my swashbuckling days are done.”