Keira Knightley is an actress who has triumphed internationally always playing strong and energetic female characters, who were not trampled by the other male roles within their stories. Like the roles she has played, she also does not overlook the awkward and contentious debates of today. So when the topic of misogyny and bullying came up in an interview for Harper’s Bazaar magazine, Knightley reflected on how strange it is that it has taken so long to report men’s violence against women.
What was the response of the Oscar-winning actress? Well, bullying and misogyny are so institutionalized that sometimes we don’t even think about it: “It was when women started listing all the precautions they take when they walk home to make sure they are safe, and I thought, I do all and each one of them, and not even. Think about it. It’s fucking depressing. “
The magazine also announced that during the interview itself a man approached them and yelled at Keira Knightley if she went to any school in the nearby area, to which both she and the journalist rushed away. After a few minutes the man reappeared and Keira said about the situation “I think it is quite interesting to talk about this while they are chasing us.” As a result of everything that happened, the actress was asked if she herself had suffered harassment and Knightley replied: Yes! I mean, everyone has. I literally don’t know of anyone who wasn’t, in some way, either shot or groped , or some guy who says he’s going to cut his throat, or punch him in the face, or whatever. be”.
Finally, the actress referred to those statements in which she said that she would never appear in nude scenes again. “I do not have an absolute prohibition, but I have it with men (…) It is partly vanity and also partly male (…) my body has had two children now, and I prefer not to be in front of a group of naked men”, Knightley ended.
