Keira Knightley had to "fix" her reaction in Love Actually's iconic cue card scene because she was acting too creeped out: "But it is quite creepy"
Dec. 9, 2024She’s not wrong!
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The scene sees Andrew Lincoln’s character showing up at Knightley’s character’s door to confess his love for her though cue cards. She just got married to his best friend (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), who is inside the house thinking his wife is talking to some door-to-door carol singers.
Although meant to be romantic, the scene comes across as stalker-ish, and has been the subject of debate among fans for two decades.
When asked about the scene in an recentinterview with LA Times, Knightley acknowledges its “creep factor” and recalls her own reaction on set.
“The slightly stalkerish aspect of it — I do remember that. My memory is of [director] Richard [Curtis], who is now a very dear friend, of me doing the scene, and him going, ‘No, you’re looking at [Lincoln] like he’s creepy,’ and I’m like [in a dramatic whisper], ‘But it is quite creepy’. And then having to redo it to fix my face to make him seem not creepy,” she said.
The actress also pointed out she was only 17 at the time, which only made the whole thing even creepier. “I mean, there was a creep factor at the time, right? Also, I knew I was 17. It only seems like a few years ago that everybody else realized I was 17,” she added.
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