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 Keira Knightley Talks to Cosmopolitan What made you so ambitious at such a young age?My parents were both actors when I was young (my mom's a playwright now), and their agents were always calling. I sort of thought I would want one to call as well. I remember being about six and thinking, All right, I'm six now; I should be looking after myself. I should be financially independent. My mom said I was born at 45, and I've been getting younger every year.
How did you finally convince your parents to get you an agent?
When I was six, my parents realized I had dyslexia. I couldn't read at all. One of the teachers at my primary school said to my parents, 'You need to find something as a reward [so she'll work hard to read].' So my mom said to me, 'If you come to me every day during the summer holidays with a book in your hand and a smile on your face, and you read for an hour, then at the end of the summer holidays you can get an agent.' I did it every day, so she got me one. I got a job about a year later.
Were you surprised when Pirates of the Caribbean became such a huge hit last summer?
Pirates was such a big thing that took such a long time that I couldn't visualize it. I didn't actually see it until the press screening. We were all sitting there at the screening -- it was me, Orlando and Jack Davenport -- saying to each other, 'Okay, if it's really bad, just smile until we get out of the cinema.' When people started laughing during the movie, we were all digging each other in the ribs.
Guinevere kicks a lot of butt in King Arthur. How much training did you do?
When I took the role, the producers said, 'Listen, we want you to bulk up. We want you to be a lot bigger than you are.' I've got more of a runner's body, and I have no upper body strength, so we had to put on muscle. I trained about four days a week for three months before the movie, and then pretty much every day when filming started. I'd do an hour and a half to two hours of weight lifting, and then I would spend three hours boxing, fighting or horseback riding, even though I never ended up riding in the film.
How did you feel about your new buff look?
I was extremely self-conscious about it. I was about three times bigger after King Arthur, and it was actually really difficult to lose. I was sort of at the height of my muscle thing at the Love Actually premiere. I was desperate to wear this beautiful gold '50s-style Prada dress, and I couldn't fit into it at all. I couldn't find anything that fit. I ended up wearing a beautiful corset top that my brother's girlfriend made me and my black trousers.
How much of the stunt work in King Arthur did you do yourself?
I did all of it. If you don't do it yourself, it's really boring. I had an amazing stunt person who was going to do the main fight for me. I had three weeks before the fight, and I had nothing else to do, so I thought I'd learn it. She took me through it, and we practiced and practiced. And she was like, "Well, you might as well do it."
Of all the actors you've worked with, who did you like working with the most?
I've been amazingly lucky. Clive Owen, who plays King Arthur, was just incredible. Johnny Depp was really great to work with...and so is Adrien Brody. Andy Lincoln and I were friends before we did Love Actually. He played my husband, so we just had an absolute go. I've never laughed so much in my life as I did on that shoot. I can't tell you what fun we had doing that movie.
When it comes to dating, would you prefer to date someone in the business?
The thing about dating an actor is that they completely understand you. But I think it's also really important as an actress to be able to come out of that world and experience different things. So I honestly don't really care.
What do you think is sexy?
Humor and eyes. If you can look in someone's eyes and see their soul, it's great.
Tell me about your most embarrassing moment.
There are two that really stick out in my head. One was when I was in Star Wars. I would ride to the set on the back of the golf buggy with just a robe on because we had to put on our costumes on the set so they wouldn't crease. Ewan McGregor was on the buggy with me, and he started pretending to fall off. I was watching him, and I forgot to hold on, so I fell off. My legs went up in the air and the robe flew open in front of absolutely everybody including Ewan McGregor. All I had on underneath the robe was my [under]pants!
What was the other one?
The other one was at my Beckham premiere in London. We all had to get up on stage before the show started. We were desperately trying to be statuesque and goddess-like, and it was going great until we started to walk off of the stage. I was talking to my costar Parminder, and I didn't realize that Juliet [Stevenson] had stopped. She was wearing a dress with a train, and my heel got caught in it. I ended up hopping off stage with my foot stuck in the train of her dress in front of about 1,500 people.
You have an older brother. Are you two close?
He's six years older, but we're very close. I became a tomboy because I was always with boys, and I think I'm really bad at flirting because I grew up just being silly with my brother and his friends. I've noticed girls who are only kids are much better at flirting than I am.
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