Keira Knightley was once a huge movie star, and the Pirates of the Caribbean films were a major part of that. She’s talked about how tough it was dealing with so much fame back then, which isn’t surprising given how intrusive the paparazzi were at the time.
Being famous is unusual at any age, but Keira Knightley was only 18 when she appeared in the first Pirates of the Caribbean film. She recently told The Times that things shifted dramatically when the paparazzi began showing up at her house and wouldn’t leave. She went on to explain…
I’ll never forget the day I woke up to find ten men standing outside my house, and they stayed there for almost five years.
Looking back at stars like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, Keira Knightley definitely kept a lower profile in the tabloids. But she’s been really open about the fact that she struggled just as much as they did – she was just better at keeping it private, at not letting it all spill out publicly. It’s interesting to hear her admit she went through a tough time too, even though it didn’t seem that way from the outside.
Although celebrities are still pursued by paparazzi who try to capture sensational moments, the situation used to be much more intense. Keira Knightley recalls photographers shouting awful things, just to provoke a response from her or anyone she was with. She went on to explain…
They constantly yelled insults at me – mostly calling me a ‘whore,’ sometimes a ‘slut.’ It was especially bad when I was with male family members or boyfriends. They seemed to be deliberately trying to cause fights, hoping someone would assault us so we could sue. Around the same time, these staged car accidents started happening. They’d run people off the road and then profit from photos of the resulting crashes, especially if a celebrity was involved. When Britney Spears shaved her head, they saw it as an opportunity – a chance to push someone into a very public and damaging breakdown.
Keira Knightley dealt with unwanted paparazzi attention in a unique way, similar to how Britney Spears famously reacted to it. She started repeatedly wearing the same outfits, hoping to make any photos of her less appealing to the tabloids – a tactic Daniel Radcliffe would later adopt. If she spotted photographers, she’d simply stop moving, knowing a picture of her standing still in familiar clothes wouldn’t be valuable to them.
Keira Knightley, now 40, is experiencing a career resurgence. She’s currently starring in the popular series Black Doves and a new film, The Woman in Cabin 10, both of which you can watch on Netflix. While she remains a well-known actress, she seems to be enjoying a more relaxed life away from constant paparazzi attention.
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