Growing up in a family of writers and actors, Kiera Knightley couldn’t understand why – at the age of three – she didn’t agent like his parents.
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ the actor he finally got his wish three years laterand from the age of six to sixteen he got a few small television roles.
As a teenager, he dropped out of college to study acting. She landed her role in ‘Bend It Like Beckham’, but said she would encourage her daughters to go deeper into academia if He wanted to enter the entertainment industry one day.
Knightley said he regrets not having studied at the Open University in his twenties The Times: “Especially for a young girl, I think you need those papers to say you’re smart, otherwise people think you’re stupid, especially looking the way I did.”
As such, Knightley said he understood that leaving school was necessary for his own career: “I come from a family of writers and actors, I absolutely understood that you don’t get a chance more than once.”
The pitfalls of being a young star
Knightley, a mother of two, is not the only star of a major franchise who has questioned whether or not her children want to make a path in the industry.
Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe, for example, she said she didn’t want her children to play-especially when young.
He said Newsweek In 2022: “Film stages are wonderful places. I think it can often be wonderful for children. But it’s really the aspect of fame that should be avoided at all costs.’
Knightley, of course It is worth $80 millionmoreover, he said that he no longer takes a job to enjoy time with his children – nine and five years old.
He explained: “Now I could not go from work (abroad). It wouldn’t be fair to them in any way, and I wouldn’t want to.
“I chose to have children, I want to raise them, so I had to take a big step back”.
Knightley’s decision will be familiar to many women in the industry.
In fact, Hollywood legend Whoopi Goldberg admitted that she put it on career over his child because he says he knew his chance wouldn’t come again.
“My child came before my career and I chose my career because I knew this would never happen again,” Goldberg said. The view in march “He didn’t always like it, but that’s the process of being a parent. They don’t seem to like everything you do.’
Make or break the franchise
While many actors would kill for a leading role the main franchise that includes several filmsKnightley added ‘Pirates of the Caribbean‘ series was both a blessing and a curse for his career.
39 years old– which won Oscar nominations Pride and Prejudice and The Imitation Game– he welcomed the opportunity to appear together with Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, but he also emphasized that he put it in a a certain talent category.
“It’s a funny thing when you have something that creates and breaks you at the same time,” Knightley said.
“Because of them (the Pirates films) they saw me as a villain, and yet they did so well that they finally gave me the opportunity to make films that got me Oscar nominations.
“It was them the most successful films in which I will participateand they were the reason why I was thrown out publicly.’
He added that projects like this are also very demanding, with “crazy” hours and no control over where or what you’re shooting.
