Keira Knightley Briefly Talks Pirates Of The Caribbean Departure!

Keira Knightley Briefly Talks Pirates Of The Caribbean Departure!

The actress who portrayed Elizabeth Swan in the first three POTC films explains why she left the franchise, and says that she enjoyed filming the previous films but wanted to do other film roles at the same time. More after the jump!

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By PaulRom - May 12, 2011 01:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: USAToday.com



In a recent interview with USA Today promoting her latest film Last Night, Keira Knightley - who played Elizabeth Swan in the first three installments of the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise - briefly discusses who it was like to be filming those films, and that she had enough after solidly doing it for two years. From USA Today:

Knightley calls shooting the Pirates franchise an "amazing" experience, but "I was 17 when I started and 22 by the time the last one came out. It was a considerable chunk of time." And with the back-to-back shooting schedule for Pirates 2 and 3, "doing it solidly for two years at that time was definitely enough. And I mostly just wanted to do something else."

The fourth installment of the POTC franchise, On Stranger Tides, sails into theaters May 20th!
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Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 5/12/2011, 1:19 PM
Her character's story arc was done. There wouldn't be much of a point for her to be in this one.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 5/12/2011, 1:27 PM
she was lame.... and annoying...
THRILLHO
THRILLHO - 5/12/2011, 1:33 PM
I concur
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/12/2011, 1:36 PM
Good she was sh1T!

Her and BLOOM was cool in the first one but got boring after that!

PIRATES 4 is better off!
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 5/12/2011, 1:40 PM
Gonna miss you Keira! :(
HitmanSolid
HitmanSolid - 5/12/2011, 1:44 PM
@LEEE777, Her and Bloom were garbage, the first one only she was passable.

The series is better off without them.
nuck82
nuck82 - 5/12/2011, 1:44 PM
she was that young in part 1? holly hell!!! i thought she was in here mid 20s

any one say jail bait?
Urban8er
Urban8er - 5/12/2011, 1:44 PM
Her story was told and now it's done. I'm glad she's not in the new one.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 5/12/2011, 1:46 PM
I would like to introduce myself to her. After all, every woman should know Colonel Angus.
RadicalDuck
RadicalDuck - 5/12/2011, 1:47 PM
Character arc finished. Crap actress but good looking- its better off she's gone :-)
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 5/12/2011, 1:50 PM
Has she ever been in a Tim Burton movie? She looks like she was made for the Burton style.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/12/2011, 1:56 PM
i thought she was alright,nice to look at.
AC1
AC1 - 5/12/2011, 2:07 PM
she was the same age as i am now when the first one came out?! She doesnt bloody look it.
Anyways her arc was up, no point in her coming back, or Will.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 5/12/2011, 3:15 PM
Thank God she left the franchise after they screwed her character over in part 3. What a mess
plasticman
plasticman - 5/12/2011, 3:37 PM
That a boy, grif! Agreed.

The first was tolerable, but then after that it all ran together and seemed overdone. As for Keira, her character was done after the first movie. I don't know why they limped her and Bloomingdale along for 2 and 3 when we know these are the stories of Jack Sparrow, not Capt Jack and the Pirate Wannabe Gang.
TesDaGreat
TesDaGreat - 5/13/2011, 6:47 AM
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