Keira Knightley says she was “seen as shit” for doing ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ films

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Keira Knightley has spoken about her experiences of working on the Pirates Of The Caribbean films.The actress made her breakthrough as Elizabeth Swann in the first three movies from 2003 to 2007.Despite her and the franchise’s success though, Knightley said in a new interview, she had mixed feelings about her role in them despite giving her the opportunity to go on to better things.She told The Times: “It’s a funny thing when you have something that was making and breaking you at the same time.

I was seen as shit because of them, and yet because they did so well I was given the opportunity to do the films that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for.“They were the most successful films I’ll ever be a part of and they were the reason that I was taken down publicly.

So they’re a very confused place in my head.”Knightley also ruled out appearing in any future Pirates Of The Caribbean movies, adding: “The hours are insane.

It’s years of your life, you have no control over where you’re filming, how long you’re filming, what you’re filming.”She made similar comments when asked about returning to the franchise last year.Meanwhile, Richard Curtis recently said he would cast someone older than Knightley to play her role if he made Love Actually today.In the 2003 rom-com, Knightley was 18-years-old when she played the part of Juliet, who married Peter, played by a 26-year-old Chiwetel Ejiofor.