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Why Keira Knightley Says She Went “Mad” Early in Her Career
Keira Knightley revealed paparazzi threats and harassment in the early 2000s severely impacted her mental health and led to a temporary break from acting.
- On Oct. 16, Keira Knightley, actress, recalled going mad at the height of her early-2000s fame after waking to ten men outside her front door, pressured by relentless paparazzi following Pirates of the Caribbean.
- During the early 2000s, photographers reportedly subjected Knightley to name-calling and threats aimed at her family and allegedly provoked people into punches and forced cars off roads for profit.
- Knightley coped by wearing three pairs of the same jeans, a stripy T-shirt and boots, standing still for five hours, and travelling scruffily by train to avoid recognition.
- Facing persistent stress and hypervigilance, Keira Knightley asked her agent not to send scripts and stepped away from film work, later easing back with theatre projects.
- Paparazzi culture intensified after Britney Spears shaved her head, escalating pressure on celebrities, and Keira Knightley later returned full-time with a changed view on fame, The Times reported.
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Keira Knightley is looking back at her run-ins with paparazzi over the years and how she dealt with the stress. The Black Doves star chatted with The Times recently and the conversation around paparazzi, particularly the way they acted in the early 2000s, came up. Keep reading to find out more… At the height of her fame, in the aftermath of films like Bend It Like Beckham, Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and Love Actually…
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