Knightley terrified by stage debut
By IANSWednesday, December 16, 2009
LONDON - British actress Keira Knightley has revealed that she almost turned down the chance for her onstage debut because she fears she will be “burned alive” by critics for her maiden performance.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actress is appearing in a revival of Moliere’s classic play “The Misanthrope”, alongside Damian Lewis and Tara Fitzgerald, which opens in London Thursday. And Knightley said she fears her performance in the production, which runs until March 2010, will be hit with a slew of negative reviews, reports imdb.com.
“(I know I will be) burned alive (by the critics). I’m not coming into it with any great expectations of coming away with great reviews. I thought if I don’t do theatre right now, I think I’m going to start being too terrified to do it. So I just thought, okay, dive in and give it a go. If my best isn’t good enough, then so be it,” she said.
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December 16, 2009: 6:43 pm
I think she’s awesome. She’s a good actress and seems to be very hardworking. If I were her, I wouldn’t be too worried about stupid, snobbish critics. The audiences have given her thumbs up and said she was really good as Jennifer. |
Mimi