Keira Knightley revealed she hasn’t watched Love Actually since the 2003 premiere. The British actress admits she often recognizes when fans are quoting but doesn’t know what references from the movie mean.
Keira Knightley hasn’t watched Love Actually since 2003 and doesn’t recognize fans’ quotes
Keira opened up about the holiday classic Love Actually while promoting her Netflix series Black Doves.
She told Heart in an interview, “I have not watched Love Actually since the premiere, which was when I was 18. So, I think I’m the person who knows it the least of anybody. I know that people have a particular look on their face and then they say things to me and I know that means they’re quoting Love Actually, but I don’t really know what it is. It means nothing to me.”
Keira played Juliet in Love Actually when she was 17 and turned 18 around the time of the film’s release. One of the movie’s most memorable scenes features Andrew Lincoln as Mark, who stands in front of Juliet and holds up a series of cards to communicate his feelings.
Keira said she spent only “a week” working on the movie. Since she was young at the time, she also admitted that she doesn’t remember much about the production. Her remarks follow her Wimbledon appearance with her husband, James Righton.
While discussing the famous cue-card scene, Keira recently described the moment as “creepy.” She told the Los Angeles Times, “The slightly stalkerish aspect of it — I do remember that. My memory is of [director] Richard Curtis, who is now a very dear friend of me doing the scene. And him going, ‘No, you’re looking at [Andrew] like he’s creepy,’ and I’m like [in a dramatic whisper], ‘But it is quite creepy.’ And then having to redo it to fix my face to make him seem not creepy,” (via Just Jared).
She added, “I mean, there was a creep factor at the time, right? Also, I knew I was 17. It only seems like a few years ago that everybody else realized I was 17.”
Keira’s comments offer a glimpse into her relationship with a film that remains a holiday favorite for audiences, even though she has not revisited it since its premiere.
