“I was called trash in one movie and a queen in another… same week, babes.”
We’ve got Keira Knightley tea hotter than a crumpet left on the sun. The British babe who brought us corset-core realness in Pride & Prejudice is finally revealing what was going through her 20-year-old brain when she got her very first Oscar nom. Spoiler: it was confusion, chaos, and critics being shady AF.
Back in 2006, Keira was nominated for Best Actress and was probably halfway through a biscuit when she found out. But instead of celebrating like a normal human (Champagne, TikTok dance, maybe a cheeky little cry), Keira was like: “HUH???” 😵💫
Why the confusion? Because around the same time, critics were THROWING tomatoes at her performance in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 like it was a Renaissance fair. One minute she’s Elizabeth Swann, sword-fighting sea ghosts, and the next she’s being told she has the acting range of a teaspoon. And yet… BAM! The Oscars are like, “Here’s a golden man for your Regency drama!” 👗💅
“I was literally getting roasted for Pirates and then BOOM — Oscar nom. My brain short-circuited,” Keira basically said to IconicHipster.com (paraphrasing, but you get the vibe).
And honestly? Relatable. One minute we’re being ghosted by our crush, and the next we’re slaying a fit on IG and getting 87 new followers. Life be like that. 🎭📉📈
Keira later scored a second Oscar nom in 2015 for The Imitation Game (yes, she’s that girl), and most recently, she was spotted in Italy at the Chanel Cruise Show serving “glamorous English rose but make it haute couture.” 🌹🇮🇹
Moral of the story? Haters gonna hate, but the Academy might still hand you a statue anyway. Stay confusing, Keira. We stan a multi-dimensional legend. 🏆✨
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