Keira Knightley mentioned in an interview with The Instances of London that she has erased from her reminiscence the “public shaming” she endured from the press amid breakout world recreation throughout the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy. The Oscar nominee was simply 17 years outdated when she debuted as Elizabeth Swann in 2003’s “Curse of the Black Pearl.” Two “Pirates” sequels adopted: 2006’s “Useless Man’s Chest” and 2007’s “At World’s Finish.”

The “Pirates” franchise was enormously profitable, with “Useless Man’s Chest” setting information on the time for quickest film to gross $1 billion worldwide and changing into the third highest-grossing movie in historical past. However it additionally led to the tabloid press hounding Knightley and rampant hypothesis from the media that she was affected by an consuming dysfunction as a result of her skinny body.

“In that traditional trauma manner I don’t bear in mind it,” Knightley instructed The Instances. “There’s been a whole delete, after which some issues will come up and I’ll all of the sudden have a really bodily reminiscence of it as a result of, in the end, it’s public shaming, isn’t it? It’s clearly a part of my psyche, given how younger I used to be when it occurred. I’ve been made round it.”

Knightley mentioned she was “unbelievably fortunate” to have “an extremely loving” help system of household, pals and “pretty boyfriends” to assist her offset the press’ bullying. However the actor nonetheless needed to deal with questions on weight throughout interviews. In some instances, interviewers introduced up the subject by asking about different actors.

“I bear in mind viscerally one of many Olsen twins had anorexia, and she or he went right into a clinic,” Knightley mentioned. “I bear in mind being requested about it on a press tour, prefer it was a joke. She was meant to be shamed for in search of assist for anorexia. I bear in mind sitting there simply being like, ‘Wow, that is wild.’ Are you able to think about? That made me actually emotional. That’s not even about me, it’s about her. I nonetheless can’t bear it.”

Knightley’s profession would go on to incorporate acclaimed status dramas comparable to “Atonement” and “Satisfaction and Prejudice,” the latter of which earned her an Oscar nomination for greatest actress.

“It’s a humorous factor when you’ve gotten one thing that was making and breaking you on the identical time,” Knightley mentioned in regards to the “Pirates” franchise. “I used to be seen as shit due to them, and but as a result of they did so properly I used to be given the chance to do the movies that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for. They have been essentially the most profitable movies I’ll ever be part of they usually have been the explanation that I used to be taken down publicly. So that they’re a really confused place in my head.”

When requested about the potential for her starring in a Hollywood franchise once more, Knightley shut it down by saying: “The hours are insane. It’s years of your life, you don’t have any management over the place you’re filming, how lengthy you’re filming, what you’re filming.”

 In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar U.Okay. final yr, Knightley mentioned taking part in an object of want like Elizabeth Swann at such a younger age left her feeling “caught” and “constrained” in Hollywood.

“[Elizabeth Swann] was the item of all people’s lust,” Knightley continued. “Not that she doesn’t have quite a lot of struggle in her. However it was fascinating coming from being actually tomboyish to getting projected as fairly the other. I felt very constrained. I felt very caught. So the roles afterwards have been about making an attempt to interrupt out of that…I didn’t have a way of learn how to articulate it. It very a lot felt like I used to be caged in a factor I didn’t perceive.”

Knightley subsequent stars within the Netflix spy thriller “Black Doves,” streaming Dec. 5. Head over to The Instances’ web site to learn her interview in its entirety.