Keira Knightley laughs at the idea of boycotting JKR

Well done Keira!

Reminds me of this chart.

I watched her Happy Mum, Happy Baby interview the other day. She came across as smart, funny, and realistic. Says she doesn't do social media at all, and mentioned a few times that her mum is a second wave feminist.

I strongly suspect she thinks it's all bollocks, but possibly isn't aware of the whole crazy trans circus because she's not online enough to see it.

She was also only 17. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/09/keira-knightley-love-actually-quite-creepy-stalkerish-cue-cards

I think they’d all been hypnotised by Creepy Curtis.

Yeah, we can definitely let her off Love Actually - so many talented actors, she was in good company there.

Kiera Knightley was never going to say anything to bring a sister down. Look at her projects - from Bend It Like Beckham, to Black Doves and Misbehaviour, she chooses projects that centre women and women’s rights, and she walks the walk in real life too.

(Apart from Love, Actually. But we’ll draw a veil over that, because it was a looooong time ago, and it’s also shit).

Kiera Knightley is a real one. I like her.

I thought the ‘sorry’ was a brilliantly dismissive ‘apology’ for not knowing what the interviewer was talking about (whether she did or not!)
As in “did you know that…….?”
“No, sorry, I didn’t (and what’s more I don’t give a toss).”

Lovely article, but I'm sad to learn that many children prefer audiobooks to reading... I don't think it can play the same role in their intellectual and creative development. But I guess that's just me being a hag.
(Much as I love IKR and HP, my boys may not watch any movie until they have read the corresponding book, to avoid their imagination going lazy)

I thought some people here might enjoy this review:
https://www.thetimes.com/article/c312d032-074a-465f-8599-309aa4d84210?shareToken=2b79edf60b8da2bb13170f2ea02470bf

I love Keira for this. Such a confident and elegant response to an idiotic question.

I would love to have the poise to deal with TRAs like this.

There is an article about the new audiobook version in the Times today, sounds fun:
https://www.thetimes.com/article/05557044-27f2-480f-8dd6-cb01a3c67475?shareToken=e24d3612d7bf6212de9dc20b363e22e9

It's just occurred to me that Harry Potter is practically the only entertainment franchise left standing. The Rings of Power (LOTR) has been a flop, the various superhero franchises have all had cataclysmic flops. The latest Snow White flop was so bad it has basically put an end to Disney's live action remakes. Star Wars is in the doldrums. Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear was a flop. Even Dr. Who, which was picked up by Disney in search of new IP, was a total flame out. 🤔

One of my sons forwarded me this:

No idea what the channel's like, but this video is pretty optimistic.

Reminded me of this

I would - genuinely and without a laugh - like to apologize for anything rude I might have said about Keira Knightley in the past. I was wrong. She’s great.

I’m surprised agents aren’t saying you can’t ask questions about this any more. It’s getting a bit boring now.

She claimed to be unaware of the controversy, which I think most of us agree was probably untrue.

It didn't seem to me like she was saying she was unaware of the whole controversy about JKR, women's rights and trans demands. It was more like she was saying she wasn't aware of that particular boycott demand, as per the question asked - in a kind of "uh really can't say I pay that kind of crap much attention" kind of way.

I don't think she has no clue about the whole situation, but she wasn't claiming that IMO.

Just watched it. That was a verbal eyeroll to a tantrumming toddler. Superb.

Well, that is slightly different to what she did.

She claimed to be unaware of the controversy, which I think most of us agree was probably untrue.

If someone asks you your opinion about a controversy, you have essentially two choices. Either you claim to be unaware of the controversy, or you acknowledge that you are aware of it and say what your opinion is.

She could have said, "Yes, I am aware of that, and I think they're being absolutely ridiculous and need to grow up."

Saying, "Sorry, I don't know about that, but you know, everyone has different opinions and we are all going to have to find a way to live together" is a softer approach, with more plausible deniability.

The former would have been more ballsy, possibly to the point of stupidity in an industry where every other person has a "trans child". She's at the sort of age where what she does in the next few years will determine whether she stops getting new roles and becomes a "former actress", or continues to get new and interesting roles and eventually joins the ranks of women like Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Whilst I would have been popping the champagne if she had told these idiots to get stuffed, her actual response was far more effective. No reasonable person could disagree with the statement that "everyone has different opinions and we are all going to have to find a way to live together", which means that everyone who is currently throwing their toys out of the pram and saying that they "don't accept Keira Knightley's apology" is showing themselves to be an unreasonable person.

Why are you arguing with me? As far as I recall we tend to be on the same page.

I didn't say her agreeing to work with her was like agreeing to work with Weinstein.

I was referring to the suggestion she was ignorant of the whole JKR saga. And that as an actress, involved in that world, surely she would be aware of high profile controversies, particularly relating to JKR of she's going to be involved with her.

Therefore, I assume she was aware, and rightly laughed and dismissed the whole.thing as non sense...without saying it in so many words

The interviewer shouldn’t have asked a stupid question that she knows is potentially divisive 🤷‍♀️ Maybe the interviewer needs to understand that she might not get the right answer?

Anyway well done to KK!

Laugh and dismiss. Nothing more.