Washington, Oct 25 : Kiera Knightley has revealed that she issued a ‘no touch’ order while shooting for kinky scenes, with Irish actor Michael Fassbender for the movie ‘A Dangerous Method’.

The film directed by David Cronenberg has her essaying the character of real-life psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein, while co-star Fassbender plays fellow scientist Carl Jung.

Speaking about a particular scene where Jung spanks Spielrein – at the UK premiere of the film at London Film Festival, Knightley said it was all just pretend.

“I actually said to him before we shot the spanking scenes, ‘If you touch me I will kill you’ and he did remind me that I was tied to a bed at the time and really I shouldn’t be making any threats,” The Mirror quoted her as telling.

“The film is about so much more than S&M but [those scenes] weren’t particularly easy,” Knightly added.

Cult Canadian director Cronenberg praised ‘The Pirates Of The Caribbean actress’ range and said she was not the standard Hollywood actress.

“I think she’s underrated as an actress. I took her seriously as an actress right from the first moment and I was always looking forward to working with her and I never offered this role to anybody else,” he said.

“It’s a very difficult role for a woman and I never had any doubt that she could handle it terrifically and she certainly does,” Cronenberg added. (ANI)