Getting reprimanded for looking too pretty is not something most Hollywood starlets are accustomed to. That is exactly what happened to Pirates Of The Caribbean beauty Keira Knightley, however, as she got down to work on a new adaptation of Pride And Prejudice.
Director Joe Wright apparently felt the English actress was just a little too attractive for the role of Elizabeth Bennett, so he ordered her to keep her alluring lips under strict control. "He kept saying how Elizabeth couldn't look pretty," explained the 20-year-old. "I was banned from pouting. The director and crew would be on permanent pout watch. Any sign and they'd scream at me, 'Pout alert! Pout alert!'."
Keira admitted that remaining tight-lipped proved something of a challenge, as she tends to pucker up involuntarily whenever the cameras start rolling. "I honestly don't do it to be sexy," revealed the performer. "I do it when I'm concentrating and I sort of push my lips out. I always think it makes me look kind of constipated."
Fans of the glamorous actress can rest assured she will be back to her full-lipped best when she returns to our screens for another swashbuckling adventure with Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. "I have the director of Pirates Of The Caribbean screaming 'more pouts!," she said.
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