Keira Knightley is on FIRE! ;-)

Scott Weinberg · 08-21-2003, 10:47 AM

Just read this morning that the adorable Ms. Knightley has officially signed on for Jurassic Park 4, which reminded me that she's now a bona-fide star. Her one-two punch of Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean have made the suits take notice.

...and it seems like only a few months ago that I wondered who that "cute girl from the Robin Hood's Daughter flick" was.

I guess Lucas will take credit for discovering her, although he left nearly all of Keira on his cutting room floor.

Fans can see Keira AGAIN this year when Richard Curtis' buzz-happy ensemble Love Actually comes out. (I've seen a brief promo clip and it DOES look quite funny!) Then next year Keira plays Lady Guinevere in Antoine Fuqua's / Jerry Bruckheimer's King Arthur! And then a Dreamworks flick with Jude Law called Tulip Fever...and then JP4.

So if you wanna see more of her, you'll get plenty of chances! Congrats to Keira. She's as adorable as hell - and she seems a pretty damn good actor as well.

What's Portman got in the works these days?

Patrick Sun · 08-21-2003, 11:27 AM

Episode III.

Scott Weinberg · 08-21-2003, 11:31 AM

Of course I know that.

I was just poking a little fun at the Portman/Knightley comparisons.

It'll be very cool to see Natalie do work other than the SW flicks, although I'm one who dug Eps. 1 and 2.

Mike Mundt · 08-21-2003, 11:31 AM

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Episode III.

doesn't she die in Ep II? I thought she was Queen Amidala's decoy. I thought she was the one that died when the ship blew up in the beginning of Ep II

David_N · 08-21-2003, 11:43 AM

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doesn't she die in Ep II? I thought she was Queen Amidala's decoy.

*geek mode on*
That was Dorme as the decoy on EP2 not Sabe who was the decoy through most of EP1.
*geek mode off*
Knightly played Sabe in EP1.

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Scott Weinberg · 08-21-2003, 11:56 AM

Patrick's comment about Ep. 3 was in response to my "What's Portman doing these days?" question.

And I could have sworn that Knightley played Padme's sister in the Ep. 2 deleted scenes. Then again, I get confused easily.

FredK · 08-21-2003, 12:07 PM

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And I could have sworn that Knightley played Padme's sister in the Ep. 2 deleted scenes. Then again, I get confused easily.

That's Claudia Karvan. The confusion's understandable, George does 1 thing very well when it comes to casting...

Scott Weinberg · 08-21-2003, 12:09 PM

Ah-ha! Toldja I get confused, especially where three hot brunettes are concerned. I remember Karvan from a pretty slick Aussie flick called Risk. Other than that I don't know much about her.

Andy Sheets · 08-21-2003, 12:24 PM

Portman's in Cold Mountain, isn't she? That's not Star Wars

Carlo Medina · 08-21-2003, 12:29 PM

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Keira Knightley is on FIRE!

I'll put her out!!!

TheLongshot · 08-21-2003, 01:03 PM

I was quite amazed at the amount of projects she has gotten involved with since "Bend It Like Beckham". She certainly has made a big splash, with the one-two punch of BILB and PotC.

It might also help that she doesn't have the "no nudity" clause that Portman has. (Not to mention that it seems Portman is far too picky about the roles she does...)

Jason