Good Day, how's the weather in your city?

Have you hear of this new actress Keira Knightley (King Arthur -
2004, Bend It Like Beckham) Oh yeh, Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the
Caribbean) produced upcoming "King Arthur," in which she plays a
leading role.

KEIRA says: That's what excited me. I think that there's been so many
movies about Camelot, and that famous love triangle. We all know them
and they're great. What excited me was playing it in a completely new
way. I could definitely say, "All right, I'm definitely not copying
anyone else." To take this character who's so infamous and completely
change her is one of the reasons that you do this job.


Question: How do you feel about this whole movie being possibly aimed
at women, using the Guinevere story?

KEIRA: At the moment, we're seeing more and more women who are really
taking their life into their own hands and are going for it within
the movies. I think that's a really positive image. So hopefully
women will appreciate that. I think that there's definitely a kind of
romantic attraction between my character and Lancelot. But there is
no way that this woman would allow herself to fall in love with
someone who wasn't going to be beneficial to her cause. I think that
with Lancelot, it's almost hostility... smiles.


Q: Can you talk about your training for this film?

KEIRA: Well, studio got me a personal trainer and I did mostly weight
lifting and boxing. About two hours a day about four times a week
which is pretty full. On top of that, I did archery and sword
fighting and knife fighting and a lot of horse riding as well, but I
never got to ride a horse [in the movie]. I actually got quite good
at it, and so I was really sad about that.


Q: What be your next movie?

KEIRA: Actually, I'm going back to start "Pride and Prejudice"
(sequel to ? Pirates of the Caribbean) which will take me up to
October, and then I don't know. I mean, we all had a fantastic time
doing the first one, a really great time.


Q: How do you pick your roles?

KEIRA: The thing about it is that you can never second guess
anything. You really can't. You can only read the script. It's a very
personal choice. As far as trying to choose something that's going to
make a big box office, you can never tell. So all you can go on
is, "Do I like the script? Am I interested? Do I like people? Do I
like their previous work?" I think that on this, the thing that was
most exciting was the opportunity to work with Antoine Fuqua
(director of King Arthur.) I mean, definitely, for me, I've worked
with Jerry Bruckheimer and I really think that he's amazing, amazing.
So the opportunity to work with him again was one that I couldn't
turn down. But Antoine, as a talent, and the idea of him directing
this film was just extraordinary.


Q: Now, you're nineteen, do you have complaints of being a star?

KEIRA: Certainly not. But it is something that can be blown up in a
second. That is a nature of showbiz. And, personally, that's what I
find beautiful about it, but it isn't something that's going to last
a long time. Therefore, all you can do is say, "Hey, this is cool.
This is an interesting bit and that's it."

"King Arthur" opens in theaters(US) July 7th.

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