Kayla Knightley doesn't like people saying she's like Natalie Portman.
Not even the slightest bit.
Although she did play Natalie's stand-in in Star Wars.
Although after the makeup was set, the mother of the two could not tell which was the biological daughter and which was the substitute.
But she just didn't want to.
She knew she and Natalie were different.
Natalie became famous at the age of 13 for "This Killer Is Not Too Cold".
She had no such luck.
She only became popular at the age of 18 with "Pirates of the Caribbean."
She is Kayla Knightley, very different from Natalie.
She was only 7 years old when she entered the industry.
In the BBC "Act 1", only one side is revealed, the hair is messy, the figure is thin, and many viewers shake their heads when they see it.
Acting in drama at the age of 9.
Some with gritty teeth and a restrained smile, with only a few shots.
However, she was happy.
Working with Kelly Fox, Jeremy Northon, and Michael Gough has always been her wish.
10 years old acting in television.
Played the little princess in Treasure Hunter. The smile is still rigid, and I have to cooperate with the TV and speak a broken foreign language.
At the age of 12, he continued to shoot television.
Filming "Homecoming", the resources are very rich, the treatment is slightly better, and the all-star lineup.
She grew a little longer, no longer messing with her hair, but on the contrary, her hair was combed smoothly and softly.
He made movies at the age of 14.
Acted in Star Wars as a stand-in for Natalie.
Because of this film, many people say that she and Natalie are stupid and indistinguishable.
At the age of 18, he continued to make movies.
Playing with Johnny Depp.
Get into a drunken fight with Captain Jack in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
The editor-in-chief of Uncut Magazine said Kayla's "Pirates of the Caribbean" was the best, even if the sequel was disappointing.
Yes, for as long as I can remember, she has been filming, shooting in her free time, shooting on holidays, and sometimes, skipping class to shoot.
Before, she didn't know why she wanted to shoot a scene.
Growing up, she filmed numbly.
After getting married, the media asked her what she was looking forward to for her daughter.
Kayla closed her eyes, very serious: "I am absolutely completely against my daughter becoming an actress. ”
The reporters are surprised, you have filmed for so many years, why don't you let your daughter step into the show business circle?
Kayla replied: "Adolescence should be spent in private. ”
She was a little tired.
Feel like a person without adolescence.
Since I can remember, I have lived in the spotlight and have no privacy at all.
Now, she needs privacy and craves freedom.
When did this desire begin?
childhood.
Or earlier.
Kayla's father was an actress and her mother was a playwright.
They are all masters of the arts.
There is no doubt that as soon as Kayla was born, half of her life direction was frozen by her parents.
She is also very well-behaved.
Step by step, little by little, according to the parents' plan, embark on the road of acting.
At 7 years old, the girl in the neighbor's house was arguing over chocolates, and the boy next door had just learned to wear long pants.
She tied her long hair tightly, carried the new teeth she had just replaced, and walked numbly into the BBC on the recommendation of her parents.
It's really numb.
The first time on set, she seemed to be back in her baby state, completely overwhelmed.
The director said that Kayla did the action, and Kayla did the action.
He instructed Kayla to read the lines, and Kayla began to read the lines.
She didn't know the point of doing so, and even thought that every child was born like this.
As she grew older, Kayla slowly became conscious.
In 2002, she took over I Love Beckham.
Cut her hair short and dry hair, and play a football tomboy.
Kate Moss of Q Magazine watched her performance and couldn't help but praise: "She became a tomboy who wasn't at all ashamed, liked to wear pants and go out and play football." ”
Yes, she changed.
Because I have been "imprisoned" for too long.
Even after the success of starring in "Pirates of the Caribbean," she felt imprisoned.
He used to be imprisoned by his parents.
Now imprisoned by the audience.
The reporter asked her: How did you feel when you became famous when you starred in "Pirates of the Caribbean" at the age of 18?
The reporter thought she would say a series of thank-you words, just like all Oscar-winning actresses, thanking her parents, thanking the director, thanking her lover.
Kayla's answer surprised him.
Even, panic.
She murmured, "That was a terrible experience. ”
She kept repeating the word "terrible."
The reporter was very confused, chased after it, and asked why.
Kayla lowered her head, her voice a little choked: "I'm not an extrovert, and it's really difficult to face everything that fame brings." ”
She didn't want to be famous.
Just quiet.
Quiet life, quiet acting.
Later, Joe White found Kayla.
He is a famous director who loves to shoot British costume dramas.
He put the script in front of Kayla: "I think you're a lot like Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice. ”
Paranoid, cold, and inexplicably sad.
Kayla took over the script and liked it, but didn't dare say yes.
She wanted to act, but she didn't dare to act.
Elizabeth was so beautiful that she felt she couldn't act well.
Joe doesn't give up, desperately encouraging her, you are Elizabeth.
In the end, she took it anyway.
Elizabeth had been her faith.
When it comes to filming, Kayla is more serious than ever.
Memorize lines one by one, one action after another, and repeatedly ponder one action after another.
After the film's release, British audiences reacted by telling Joe that his choice was not wrong.
She was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
From the age of 7 to the age of 20 Oscar nominations. Along the way, she walked for 13 years.
Critics said: "Kayla portrayed Elizabeth as both traditional and modern. ”
Gentle and restrained.
With this costume attempt, Kayla simply did not take on other dramas.
I just want to play a costumed woman.
A well-known British magazine asked her: Why do you love to act in historical films so much?
She replied: "Historical films can escape reality. ”
Later, Joe finds Kayla with Atonement.
Played a literary woman.
It's a sad story, light and fluttering.
Kayla didn't even think about it, and agreed.
The box office is not ideal, but this film has established her status as a "goddess of literature and art".
Time Out magazine said she loved Kayla the film the most.
The editor-in-chief of Unedited Magazine also commented that "Atonement" is her best film.
Only she herself knows that sadness is synonymous with herself.
It is never sin that is redeemed, but the heart.
Shortly after Atonement, Joe came again.
He had spotted Kayla. Playing the history of costumes, you must find Kayla.
He took Anna Karenina with him and asked Kayla to play the heroine.
Like Pride and Prejudice, she is still very nervous, afraid that she will not be able to act well.
Even if her acting skills are already very good.
Joe encouraged her again: "I think you can, you can." ”
She acted, very successfully.
Anna is an orthodox heroine, but Kayla, acting, thinks she's dark.
She said: "I don't know why, I finished filming Anna, I don't remember anything, only found the dark side of it. ”
Why?
Because her heart has never been bright.
"I always try to cover myself with a scruffy image," she said. ”
In "True Love Supreme", she always pouts inexplicably to hide her discomfort.
In "Dangerous Course", she simply played the female nerve.
This is very different from her previous goddess image.
Shouting, squeezing eyebrows, twisting bodies.
How ugly is it?
To this day, as long as someone laughs at her, the expression in this must.
A picture, straight to the point.
The director said that what he wanted to convey was the elements of bondage and hysteria.
However, it is also too ruined.
Kayla didn't care, she said: "The role is completely out of my experience, and although the role is painful, it is also enjoyable. ”
She longed to break free, and as for what she really broke free, she herself did not know.
Later, the reporter asked her why she would take such a role.
She said: "As an actor, sometimes you want to be the person who is the complete opposite of you, not yourself. ”
She felt introverted, so she wanted to play an extroverted role.
It can't be done in reality, but the script can.
Unfortunately, this kind of nameless loneliness is always like a shadow.
She once said without hesitation: "I have never been able to get used to the eyes of everyone." ”
Even as a public figure.
To what extent did she escape?
Since her debut, she has rarely gone to the Oscars.
Shortly after becoming famous, Pride and Prejudice was nominated, and for the sake of the town, she went.
Later, "Atonement" was also nominated, or won 7 consecutive nominations.
The male protagonist went, the female partner also went, she did not go.
The nominations in the future are even more deaf.
Others desperately rubbed the red carpet, and she desperately hid from the red carpet.
Vanity Fair once asked Kayla: You have made so many films, have you taken the initiative to ask for additional remuneration?
Kayla didn't answer directly, just made a metaphor: "I used to bury my head in the sand like an ostrich." ”
As for being a director, it is even more impossible.
She told Vanity Fair that she was scared and always scared of doing things.
So, she'd rather be an ostrich.
Preferably, not to be seen.
No, "Bankruptcy Sisters" also ridiculed.
They said, "In another month, the place will be as empty as Kayla Knightley's refrigerator." ”
Nothing, nothing.
She really lived herself as an ostrich.
Because she doesn't like to attend events, many reporters will please her at first in order to capture her material.
But every time, she hurried past, leaving no trace.
The reporter was anxious and scolded her after her, hoping that she would turn back.
Her footsteps became more hurried, and she walked more and more without leaving a trace.
Good material cannot be written, then only bad can be written.
They scribbled on paper: "Kayla Knightley, anorexia." ”
In Britain, "anorexia" once became Kayla's black spot.
She knew that the explanation was useless, and she could only be silently sad.
Time.com interviewed her: Do you still fear the stage now?
"Still afraid of the stage."
For the sake of the film, her hair needs to be changed frequently.
As a result, the scalp is in bad condition and the hair is lost in a lot.
I wore a wig for 5 years.
Someone asked her to give her 20 years of glory and youth to sum up.
Kayla's eyes drifted a little, and she slowly spat out two words: "Nonsense."
Life is nonsense, feelings are even more ridiculous.
For Pride and Prejudice, she met Rupert Flanders.
Rupert was quiet.
She also doesn't like to be noisy.
Not long after falling in love, they lived together in London.
Very low key.
But the paparazzi are not low-key, they are crazy clogged, just want to shoot them, preferably, is fierce material.
Kayla and Rupert hide.
Paparazzi chase.
They hid again, and the paparazzi chased after them.
Even, without confirmation, word spread that they broke up.
However, the rumors are still self-defeating.
Kayla's friend said: "They were in love for 5 years, and I didn't even know about it after they broke up. ”
After 5 years, they broke up.
The two have announced the reason for the breakup: they don't want to pay too much attention.
Kayla's father revealed that she had been in pain after the breakup.
However, I never talk to the public, only that I will focus on my work.
Her attitude towards feelings is low-key.
The same goes for her husband, James Layton.
He's a rock singer and he's very low-key.
Never hype up a relationship.
Even marriage is done in secret.
As actors, they couldn't hide from the media, so they did two shows.
One in Southern France, very grand, but more like for outsiders to see.
The other is a forest wedding, held in the forest.
Only relatives and friends are invited, and only 11 people are invited to participate.
When will this state of mind really change?
After giving birth to a daughter.
She told James that she did not like her daughter to follow in her footsteps, and hoped that she would live a more brazen life, jumping, drinking, bragging, and enjoying her youth.
Reporters found that Kayla, who had a baby, seemed to love to appear on camera.
She would often wear a small dress, and after the award ceremony, she would go shopping.
Sometimes wearing jeans and walking on the road.
I also love to contact people, will carry the bags recommended by fans, and will also leave them an address, welcome to write a letter at any time.
It's like a camel raising its head in the desert, always on guard, and slowly relaxing.
"Love is amazing, it's a very primitive love, it's remarkable."
In recent years, she has appeared in British magazines.
Fully nude, boldly show flat chest.
It seems that after having a daughter, she became confident.
No longer afraid of other people's eyes.
In front of everyone, he exposed his shortcomings and threatened to "defend women's flat chests".
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel said that she had a flat chest, and for the sake of publicity, her breasts were enlarged on the poster.
Kayla saw it and demanded corrections.
What's wrong with flat breasts?
The world can say whatever it wants.
She no longer ran away.
"I spent a lot of effort trying to stop pleasing others and make myself happy," she said. It's hard to get out of your own world. ”
Yes, it's difficult.
It took her more than half a year to slowly walk out.
Only gradually have their own.
In life, everyone will have such a period of time, silently struggling, gradually sinking, unable to find a way out, and unable to return to the beginning.
I obviously want to change, but I can't do anything.
You can only drag your body, pick up your tired soul, and let yourself wander.
Grow up silently in pain and silently.
Along the way, no one knows what you have experienced, but under the skin, it has long been broken.
Life tells you with pain: Look, you've grown up.
As the reporter asked Kayla, who is a mother, what is your future direction.
Just see where the wind will.