- Title: A Life in Pictures 2018: Keira Knightley on Love Actually
- Date: 17th December 2018
- Summary: A Life in Pictures
- Description:Keira Knightley was interviewed by Jason Solomons for BAFTA's A Life in Pictures series at their Piccadilly headquarters in London, U.K. on Friday 17 December 2018. KK: Well it was interesting Bend It Like Beckham because it was a British indie film and here it was seen as a mainstream film. And of course in America it was seen as a small British indie film, so I think instantly people here were like ?uh you?re in that mainstream thing,? and ?of course that was going to do well,? and it was quite strange because it really wasn?t that. I think the major stardom didn?t hit?weirdly it wasn?t until after Pirates of the Caribbean came out, I can remember exactly it was the day after the King Arthur premiere, which was not a film that did brilliantly well, and suddenly there were ten men with cameras outside my house and they didn?t leave, in fact they multiplied by about three or four times for about five years. So it was actually the day after the premiere for King Arthur. So weirdly these two I was quite kind of free and easy. JS: So even in Love Actually when you?re part of an ensemble? KK: Yeah but Love Actually didn?t do well when it came out. I mean it did quite well here but it really didn?t do very well in America. So Love Actually?s a super interesting one because it grew and grew and grew and grew and grew. JS: And now it?s a Christmas classic. KK: Now it?s a Christmas classic and it?s weird that it really didn?t do very well in America and America was the place where the Christmas classic thing really grew, so it was this thing that hadn?t done as well as everyone imagined and sort of five years later?I mean now it?s the number one thing in America that I?m asked about. JS: Every Christmas everyone watches it. It?s a Wonderful Life, you and Elf. KK: Well there you go, yeah. [Laughter] Perfect combo. JS: In great company. KK: Great company. Yeah.
- Collection: BAFTA
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:BAFTA
- Keywords: BAFTA; British Academy of Film & Television; A Life in Pictures; 2018; Keira Knightley; 195 Piccadilly; Celebrity; Event; Arrives; Showbiz; Arts; Entertainment; Pirates of the Caribbean; acting
- City: London
- Country: United Kingdom
- Transmission Date:17/12/2018
- Decade: 2010s