In Bend it like Beckham her accent was decidedly dodgy. There were far too many wooden moments between her and Orlando Bloom in the first Pirates of the Caribbean. Her fairly small part in Love Actually impressed me though, and her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in the recent Pride and Predjudice quite rightly got her an Oscar nomination. Ok, here it is; this morning I realised I am now a big fan of Kiera Knightley.
Those are words I never thought I’d type. She was the girl I loved to hate. Beautiful, certainly, but I thought talentless as an actress. Her improvement in each film has slowly softened my view of her, and last night I went to the cinema to see The Duchess. Nothing short of brilliant.
I don’t want to say too much about the film, as I want you all to see it, but it’s based on the life of Georgiana Cavendish, the duchess of
It’s been haunting my thoughts all day, but now that I’ve written it down maybe I’ll be able to think of something else. Maybe.
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