- Title: A Life in Pictures 2018: Keira Knightley on Colette
- 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 I didn?t know anything about her before, I?d read one of her novels Ch?ri, and I?d read The Last of Ch?ri which I totally loved but I really didn?t know anything about her life. This film is just dealing with her first marriage where her husband Willy, who was the most famous man of the day pretty much. If you think of Belle Epoch Paris, that being the height of, the centre of the cultural world, and Willy was the most famous person there. So she married this unbelievably famous man who had a factory of writers and she joined his factory and just happened to be a genius, is that fair to say? And he took credit for her first four novels. The film is the story of that relationship and how she eventually understands that she needs her own voice and she needs her name on her work. JS: I want to stop you there because the clip that we?ve got is the moment where? KK: Where she?s deciding that? JS: Before she goes on to change. KK: So you mean don?t give anything away? JS: It?s a sexy film, as well. KK: Sure yeah. Yep, there?s sex. It was sort of I think the main challenge I suppose is it starts when she?s nineteen and finishes when she?s thirty-four. So that?s quite a growth and with me and Wash it was just trying to chart that and knowing exactly where we were. He got me to watch a Sissy Spacek film called The Coal Miner?s Daughter, which is a wonderful film, and he sort of said, ?do that but way less.? I thought ?oh OK, cool.? It?s just about a person growing into their own skin. JS: I do think it?s?a because it?s the one you?ve done most recently so technically it is probably your most mature role, you are at your oldest doing it? KK: I am at my oldest, yeah. JS: But in the context there is a growth in that film and I feel that this film is a step forward for you in terms of what roles you might get in the future. You?ve sort of become someone else. KK: I think yeah, you know, I?m in a nice place where because I?m known for period films I?m in a position where I can kind of break that as well. So the style of acting is actually very much more into that American naturalism style that you wouldn?t normally traditionally put into that English period film. So if you take The Imitation Game it?s much more of that traditional kind of English period film acting, which I love, by the way, that?s not to do it down. But with Colette I think we were all quite interested in breaking that down and actually you know to go against where Joe was going with that stylisation thing, going back to a more American naturalism sort of vibe but within this French period context.
- 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