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‘It is quite creepy’: Keira Knightley flagged ‘stalkerish’ aspects while shooting Love Actually

The actor has commented on the ‘creep factor’ of the cue cards scene in Richard Curtis’s festive romance film, in which she featured as a 17-year-old

Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesMark then turns up at the couple’s house armed with a set of Bob Dylan-style placards in which he declares his love, and an audio recording of carol singers to mask proceedings so Peter remains unawares. Considerable discourse has been devoted to the scene over the past 20 years, and the theory that rather than being a highly romantic albeit eccentric act, it is in fact sinister and coercive. Appearing on the Graham Norton show last month, Knightley said she is still frequently accosted on the street by people paying tribute to the film, and a group of builders held signs up to her when she was recently stuck in traffic.

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