Keira Knightley, star of the beloved Christmas film Love Actually, reveals she's only seen it once. Despite its iconic status, the actress admits she doesn't often rewatch her own work. She shares anecdotes about the film's enduring popularity and a memorable scene with Andrew Lincoln.
It's that time of year when Love Actually becomes the go-to Christmas film for many, but not for its star Keira Knightley . Despite playing the beloved Juliet in the 2003 hit, Keira has confessed to only watching the film once. Chatting on ITV's Lorraine, the actress, who was just 17 years old during filming, expressed her awe at the movie's enduring popularity: 'It's amazing how Love Actually just sort of grew and grew and grew and it really has taken on a life of its own.
It's so much a part of people's Christmas traditions which is absolutely amazing,' she marvelled. Yet, she dropped a bombshell by admitting, 'I've only seen it once - which is nothing to do with it ,' revealing that this is a common trend for her with all her films. 'I've only ever watched anything I've done once so it's amazing that it has this whole life which is outside me, how nice.' The film is packed with iconic scenes, including the one where Mark (Andrew Lincoln) confesses his love to Juliet using placards – a scene Keira later playfully critiqued as 'quite stalkerish,' in an LA Times interview. She also reminisced about the restrictions on set due to her age at the time, allowing her only limited hours of filming, but it's clear the experience left a lasting impression, reports the Mirror. The star, famed for her many roles including Pirates of the Caribbean reminisced about a peculiar moment on set, revealing, 'The slightly stalkerish aspect of it – I do remember that,' and shared her experience with Richard Curtis, the film's director. 'My memory is of Richard, who is now a very dear friend, of me doing the scene, and him going, 'No, you're looking at like he's creepy,' and I'm like , 'But it is quite creepy.'' She then mentioned having to reshoot the scene to alter her expression: 'having to redo it to fix my face to make him seem not creepy.' The actress also experienced a life-imitating-art moment when she encountered fans referencing the movie in real lif
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