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 Lynn BarkerIn Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of the Black Pearl, 19-year-old Keira Knightley got to cuddle with both hottie Orlando Bloom and the amazing Johnny Depp.
How does she rate? Well, she was excellent co-starring in that sleeper soccer hit Bend it Like Beckham and she looks great in a corset, although she almost passed out wearing one. She's currently filming King Arthur in which she plays Gwenivere and goes modern again in Love, Actually, co-starring with Colin Firth and a stellar cast.
When we got to talk with Keira in L.A., in hoodie, two tank shirts and jeans, she looked the total opposite of her prim Pirates of lady. She's very casual, chatty and relaxed. We learned about Johnny, Orlando and...walking the plank! We also just had to knowc
TeenHollywood: Is it really that horrible to wear a corset?
Keira: It wouldn't be if you were very sensible and you go into a fitting and you breathe out. If, like me, you've been watching too much of Gone With the Wind and have a bit of a Scarlet O'Hara complex, you go, "Ooh, let's see how tight we can make it." Then it's a problem. So we got it down to about 20 inches. It's a bit ridiculous. And yeah, the oxygen deprivation did become a problem. And you kind of can't sit down. And if you eat anything or drink anything it stops here [indicates chest]. So it feels like it's going to come back up all day, which is also great. So no, it did get to one point where I was standing on these stairs and it's sort of my big entrance is this gorgeous gold dress, and Gore is like, "Okay, you've got to go and get out of that corset because your eyes are rolling into the back of your head and you look like you're going to fall over." So that was kind of problematic.
TeenHollywood: Youfre English so had you ever seen the Pirate ride at Disneyland
Keira: Yes. I had. In Disneyworld in Florida. I've been on it about five times. I went to that one when I was about 11. And I loved it. It was one of the best holidays I've ever been on. And then when I got to L.A. I thought, I'm doing the film, I'm working for Disney, can I have some free passes? So maybe I went back about four times with a very large group of friends and family, obviously, because you can't do research on your own. So yeah, I know it intimately.
TeenHollywood: Would they stop the ride to let you walk around in there?
Keira: No. No, I had to queue [line] up. I desperately tried. I said, "Listen, I'm doing the film." And they're like, "Yeah. Get to the back of the queue." So it didn't work. I couldn't pull any strings.
TeenHollywood: Johnny Depp is an acting legend and he's cute too. What was it like working with him. Were you scared?
Keira: No. I wasn't really scared. I couldn't wait to meet him because one of my friends has like the biggest crush ever. You go into her room and it's just posters of Johnny everywhere. Which is kind of really freaky, now. But no, I wasn't scared. And he's just such a nice guy. He's just so normal. I mean, you have a laugh and he's lived in France so he's watched a lot of British comedy shows so he knows British humor. And we just got on really well. And he's just a lovely guy. You have a chat, you have a cup of tea, and it's great.
TeenHollywood: What about acting with him?
Keira: At the beginning of this experience I thought, right, I'm going in, I'm working with Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Jonathan Pryce, these are kind of titans really. I'm going to go and I'm going to learn how to be rather fabulous and get all their secrets. I can safely say I've learnt absolutely nothing. Johnny in particular, he chats, he has a cup of tea, he giggles a lot, he does the scene, he chats, he has another cup of tea. But where does it come from? I haven't got a clue. It's just talent I guess.
 TeenHollywood: Did he have the gold teeth the whole time?Keira: Oh, yeah. That was actually the first thing I said to him, ever. We had the read through in the Viper Room actually, his club. And I was kind of star struck about being in there anyway, and he walked in and I'm like, `Ooh, Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp.' And we sit down at a long table, and he sits next to me and I'm like, "Oh, God!" And he goes, "Hi, Keira." And I went, "Shit, look at your teeth!" So it kind of broke the ice right there, and that was our relationship from then on, really.
TeenHollywood: Was there some conspiracy not to give you a sword? Because you have everything else to fight with.
Keira: We were really lucky because the writers, Ted and Terry, were on set practically every day from the beginning. And they were always coming up saying, `Have you got any ideas? Come and talk to us. If you want anything, come and talk to us.' The only idea, the only thing I wanted was a sword. And every single day I'd go up and say, `Give me a sword! Give me a sword!' And they'd be like, `Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever.' Never got a sword. Six months later, never got a sword. So am I angry? Yes. Very.
TeenHollywood: Was this the first film you did after Beckham?
Keira: No. I did Bend it Like Beckham, and then I did a short film, and then I did a film called Pure, which is a kind of deeply art house film, and then Love, Actually and then this. So there was quite a lot in between, and finishing school and going to college and things like that. So all that as well.
TeenHollywood: Bend it Like Beckham is doing so well in the U.S. after a great run in Europe. What is your reaction to that? Did you expect that?
Keira: It's phenomenal. No. It was a very, very, very, very low budget film. It took eight weeks to shoot. It was a great summer. I hung out with a load of girls. We had a very girly time. Played some soccer, got a suntan, and that was that. We thought it would kind of do all right in England and in Europe because David Beckham is such an idol. And soccer, it's the only sport really. So we kind of thought that people would be curious about it and go and see it because of that. When it went to number one for three weeks in England, you kind of think, okay, this has gone beyond curiosity. And then when it comes out here, where really soccer is not anything. And David Beckham, you don't know who he is. It really kind of makes you proud to be a part of it because you think okay, it's a good film. It makes people smile, and that's great.
TeenHollywood: So the success is a big surprise?
Keira: I was going straight from like soccer training or filming into the school exam hall. And it was really just a little film I was going to do during the summer holidays before I went to college. So it's amazing how well it's done.
Lynn Barker is a Hollywood-based entertainment journalist and produced screenwriter
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