Really love It's supposed to be the antidote to Hollywood romances and happy endings. The mix of tenderness, sentimentality, and disarming goofiness has made it a Christmas movie classic for decades, but there's also a lot of fluff. Actor Keira Knightley recently shared her own thoughts on one of the most infamous scenes in the film.
It comes towards the end when all the characters come to terms with their individual situations on Christmas Eve. Mark, played by Andrew Lincoln, has recently revealed that he is in love with Juliet, played by Knightley, who happens to be married to his best friend, Peter, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Mark turns up at her and Peter's house on December 24 and delivers a boombox and flashcard show explaining his feelings for her and how he'll put them aside for her to be friends. It's a catharsis that comes right after she finds out about her recording of her wedding, with a stalker focused solely on her.
“The slightly starchy side of it – I carry out remember that,” Knightley said recently told the LA Times as part of a press tour for her new Netflix thriller series Black Pillars. “I remember (director) Richard (Curtis), who is now a good friend of mine, doing the scene, and he said, 'No, you're looking at (Lincoln ) like he's crazy,' and I'm like (in a surprising whisper), 'But he Yes very scary.' And then I have to redo it to fix my face so it doesn't look scary. “
In retrospect, you can still look back and read Knightley's quick facial reaction as her character is slightly put off by the whole stunt, even though the scene itself is shot and editing in a way that indicates that we should all see it as romantic and loving. Of course, adding to the creepiness factor is that Knightley was only 17 years old at the time the film was shot. “I mean, there there were creep factor at the time, right?” she added. “Also, I knew I was 17. It only seems like a few years ago everyone another I realized I was 17.”
Really love came out in the same year Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of Black Peterwhich catapulted Knightley into the upper echelons of stardom. She said the ensuing hyper-scrutiny from fans, the media, and others brought their success at a great cost. “I had five years between the ages of 17 and 21-ish, and I'm not going to have that kind of success again,” she said. LA Times. “It completely set me up for life. Did it come at a cost? Yes, we did. He came at a big cost. Knowing the cost, could I, with all good conscience, say to my child, you should do that? No. But am I grateful for it? There are. But then that's life, isn't it? Fortunately, my children are completely uninterested.”
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