Knightley Shuns Hollywood for London
Keira Knightley has blasted Hollywood residents for leading an insular existence, insisting she could never survive in such a stifling environment. The British beauty - who has bagged a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in Atonement - has become a prominent name in Hollywood, but couldn't bear to live amongst her movie-obsessed contemporaries. Instead, Knightley has chosen to stay in London - because it offers so much more variety. She tells Cosmopolitan magazine, "It's a funny place - I could never live in Hollywood, because there's nowhere to escape to. You find yourself sitting around a lot and every conversation you have is about the movies. "I think you have to be in a city that has different walks of life that you can observe - and, for me, that's London."
-----------------------------Knightley Topless for Magazine Cover
British beauty Keira Knightley has gone topless for the cover of an upcoming U.S. magazine. The Atonement star covers her nipples with braces and a gloved hand for the provocative new Sam Taylor-Wood shot that graces the cover of the December/January issue of Interview magazine. The actress says, "We ended by taking my clothes off. Why does that always happen? Because I say yes, I suppose!"
-----------------------Knightley Defends Legal Action over Anorexia Story
Keira Knightley has defended her decision to sue the Daily Mail after the British newspaper insinuated she was an anorexic - because she feared the story would cost her film roles. The paper printed photos of a stick-thin Knightley in a bikini and implied her frame had inspired a teenager, who had died from anorexia. The Atonement actress was appalled by the article, sued the newspaper and was awarded a settlement.
She insists it was necessary for her to get tough. Knightley explains, "It could potentially have ruined my career because if I had been anorexic, there is no way I would have been able to do a lot of the action movies that I do. People wouldn't have hired me. When things are written that are trying to ruin my career, as that one (story) was, I obviously have to take that very seriously."