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Keira offers 'Atonement'
Keira Knightley has started work on an adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement'.
Jun 19 2006
Keira Knightley is to reunite with 'Pride & Prejudice' director Joe Wright on a film version of Ian McEwan's bestselling novel 'Atonement'.
Working from an adaptation by Christopher Hampton, the film will also star James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Brenda Blethyn and Vanessa Redgrave.
In a joint statement, producers Tim Bevan and Paul Webster said: 'We are thrilled to be collaborating with Joe Wright again in bringing Ian McEwan's extraordinary novel to the big screen. With Christopher Hampton's beautiful script our peerless cast and crew will create a classic British romance.'
'Atonement' will shoot in Shropshire, Grimsby, Teeside and London over the next few weeks.
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- annika said...
- I have always thought that Keira Knightley was given roles that better actresses could have played. Her Elisabeth Bennett was awful. Such a a great part was way beyond her acting skills. I was beginning to think that the director must have had a crush on this actress, even though she couldn't act, because of all the films she has made. But in Atonement she has improved so much. I found her character really moving and credible. I think she played too many parts too soon. Prettiness alone is not enough to carry a large part. She's definitely getting there. Playing opposite James Macavoy must have helped a lot. Posted on Sep 22 2007 19:14
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- joe said...
- She may be a pretty face... but she can't really act. Posted on Jul 24 2007 09:15
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