My Keira Knightley

Archive for February, 2010

A stalker who bombarded Hollywood actress Keira Knightly with gifts and letters has been charged with harassment and is due to stand trial later this year.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star, who is currently appearing in The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre on Panton Street, London, was reportedly left petrified of Polish fan, Marek Daniluk, 41, after he waited outside the theatre where she was performing.

Daniluk, who is thought to suffer with mental health problems, allegedly grabbed the 24-year-old actress after one performance and asked whether she’d received his gift, to which she replied: ‘Yes, thank you.’

In her statement to police, Knightly said she had become ‘worried and distressed’ by his behaviour at the stage door.

Daniluk, of Enfield, North London, was arrested on Thursday night and appeared before the City of Westminster magistrates’ court on Saturday. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and will stand trial in June.
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Keira Knightley is on the cover of ELLE’s March issue. She talked about her current projects and being criticized as an actress.

Her upcoming film, Last Night, explores the issue of infidelity. According to Variety, the story follows a married couple tempted to cheat when they spend a night apart— the husband with a colleague and his wife with a past romance.

“When we were making it, the arguments on set were just amazing about whether mental infidelity is better or worse than physical infidelity,” she said.

That is a question the film explores, and according to Knightley, “there was a huge gender divide on the question.” Women said “mental infidelity is 10 times worse” and “most men” said physical is “the ultimate betrayal,” she said.

On criticism: “How do you feel knowing that everyone thinks you’re a s— actress?” is a question she always encounters.

Surrounding herself with people who tell her the truth: “You have to be selective about the people whose advice and opinions you take,” she said. “I know [my parents] would never tell me I was s— because they were trying to hurt me. I t would always come from a very sincere place.”