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Keira Knightley says she was ‘stalked by men’ after Pirates of the Caribbean and told ‘you wanted this’
The actor said that her ‘jaw dropped at the time’ over how she was treated in public spaces and that ‘it was a very violent, misogynistic atmosphere’
Knightley rose to prominence aged 17 with her role in Bend It Like Beckham, before finding international fame with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and Love Actually. In an interview with the Times of London last month, Knightley said that the popularity of the Pirates films put her in a difficult position: financially stable, but emotionally besieged. Speaking to the Guardian in 2018, Knightley said that she wrote the piece to try to “harness this moment in time and use our voices to keep the conversation going” and hoped that the female experience would be more explored – and therefore more understood – in the future.
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