Keira Knightly has revealed why she's no longer going to appear in sex scenes that have been directed by men.
Per BBC News, the Pirates of the Caribbean actress opened up about her intention to combat the male gaze in cinema in a new interview on the Chanel Connects podcast, in which she also spoke about the impact of the Me Too and Time's Up movement.
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Knightley stated:
"I feel very uncomfortable now trying to portray the male gaze. I don't want it to be those horrible sex scenes where you're all greased up and everybody is grunting. I'm not interested in doing that.
"Saying that, there's times where I go: 'Yeah, I completely see where this sex would be really good in this film and you basically just need somebody to look hot', so therefore you can use somebody else.
"Because I'm too vain, and the body has had two children now, and I'd just rather not stand in front of a group of men naked."
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Knightley has previously been candid about the damage wrought upon her mental health and self-esteem by Hollywood's obsession with the physical appearances of female actors.
In a 2019 interview with Balance Magazine, she even revealed that she had previously suffered a nervous breakdown at the age of 22 as a result of the pressures of fame, stating: "I was at a time in my life when I was still becoming.
"Like most young people, I hadn’t quite found who I was or what I was about. My body was changing, and I didn’t even know how I felt about myself and what I looked like."
She added: "Yet all of a sudden, people were being very vocal with their views on me as a young woman and as an actress. I lost confidence in myself because I was made to feel that I didn’t deserve to be doing what I was doing.
"There was no way I was going to be able to get on the red carpet without having a f**king panic attack. So I had hypnotherapy and it worked. Thankfully, I haven’t had that feeling for a long time."
The BBC reports that Knightley has had a no-nudity clause added to her film contracts since becoming a mother in 2015.
