With high streets starting to light up their annual twinkling displays, musicians premiering their new holiday tunes and big-name brands slowly wheeling out their new festive ad campaigns, the countdown to Christmas is now properly on.
As the big day draws near, you might be starting to block out when you’re planning on revisiting some of your favourite festive films – but while millions are already booking in a Love Actually rewatch, it seems one of the seasonal rom-com’s stars won’t be joining you.
During a new interview with Heart, Keira Knightley confirmed she’s still not sat down and watched Love Actually since it came out in 2003, when she was still just 18 years old.
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“I’ve seen it once when I was 18,” she explained, admitting she’s “the person that knows it the least of anybody”.
She claimed: “I know that people have a particular look on their face and then they say things to me, and I know that means they’re quoting Love Actually but I don’t really know what it is. It means nothing to me, no. Because I was only on it for a week.
“It was a week when I was 17. So, I don’t remember it, really.”
Last year, Keira said during an appearance on the podcast Dish that it “would be weird if I was watching” her own film every Christmas.
She noted at the time: “I’ve definitely got a delete button in my head for every single line that I’ve ever said in any film that I’ve ever done. And it’s like, literally, as soon as I’ve done the scene, it’s gone.
“I mean, even if I had to redo the scene, I’ve got to relearn it. So then when people kind of come over, and they get a very particular look on their face when they’re obviously quoting me, and I’m like, ‘I get the look, but I have no idea what the line is’.”
The Oscar nominee is currently celebrating the long-awaited release of Black Doves season two, with fans of Netflix’s action series already speculating about whether more episodes could be on the cards.
