According to Keira Knightley, she doesn’t “have an absolute ban” on shooting nude scenes, but she’s not comfortable doing so with male directors.
In an interview with the Channel Connects podcast, the actress said “It’s partly vanity and also it’s the male gaze” why she doesn’t want to shoot such scenes under male direction.
Keira’s Opinion
UK Knightley interviewed filmmaker of “The Farewell” Lulu Wang and co-producer Diane Solway about Knightley’s decision to include a nudity clause in her contract since she became a mother.
“If I was making a story that was about that journey of motherhood and body acceptance, I feel like, I’m sorry, but that would have to be with a female filmmaker,” she said.
The “Misbehaviour” star added “I don’t want it to be those horrible sex scenes where you’re all greased up and everybody is grunting. I’m not interested in doing that.”
“Saying that, there’s times where I go, ‘Yeah, I completely see where this sex would be really good in this film and you basically just need somebody to look hot,'” Knightley said. “So therefore you can use somebody else because I’m too vain and the body has had two children now and I’d just rather not stand in front of a group of men naked.”
“I don’t have an absolute ban,” said Knightley, “but I kind of do with men.”
More About The Actress
Keira Christina Knightley, OBE is a British actress. Her starring roles in independent films, and period dramas as well as big-budget blockbuster productions have earned her nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three British Independent Film Awards, and two Academy Awards.
Keira Knightley welcomed daughter Edie in 2015 and daughter Delilah in 2019 with her husband, singer James Righton.
