London, Feb 11 : Keira Knightley has revealed that she hates her bum and refuses to get it out in films.

During an interview on ITV1's `Jonathan Ross Show', the 26-year-old actress described how much she enjoyed selecting a bottom double for herself in Hollywood.

London, Feb 11 : Keira Knightley has revealed that she is a secret fan of West Ham United FC.

During an interview on ITV1's `Jonathan Ross Show' the 26-year-old actress also said that she loves going to games with fellow actor Ray Winstone, and that she has her own West Ham shirt.

The `Bend It Like Beckham' star has managed to cheer on the Hammers from the terraces with the 54-year-old actor, and not be recognised.

London, Feb 2 : Keira Knightley has revealed that to get into the character for her new movie, she sat in front of a mirror to practice the facial expressions she would use during the filming of solo sex acts.

Knightley, 26, plays a young psychiatric patient Sabina Spielrein in `A Dangerous Method', who gets a sexual thrill from being spanked.

London, Feb 1 : British actress Keira Knightley has said that only British people have taken a keen interest in the sadomasochistic scenes in her new film `A Dangerous Method'.

The film has her playing psycho-analyst Carl Jung's patient and lover, Sabina Spielrein and appears topless, tied to a bed while Michael Fassbender, who plays Jung, spanks her behind.

London, Jan 31 : Keira Knightley has revealed that she overcame dyslexia as a child by reading a screenplay by Emma Thompson.

The 26-year-old said the only way she was able to get over her learning disability was by reading the screenplay for ‘Sense and Sensibility’, and imagining what Thompson would do in her shoes.

London, Jan 24 : Keira Knightley has revealed that she plastered her trailer with grotesque and disturbing images of humans in turmoil to prepare for her role as mental patient-turned-psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein in her upcoming movie, `A Dangerous Method'.

Washington, Jan 23 : Keira Knightley has revealed that she and her co-star Michael Fassbender downed vodka shots before shooting intimate spanking scenes for their latest film `A Dangerous Method'.

The pair star as Sabina Spielrein and her therapist Carl Jung in the David Cronenberg movie.

Knightley, 26, admitted that they got through the more uncomfortable scenes, which include Michael spanking her by turning to alcohol.

London, Jan 9 - Actress Keira Knightley says she often cries over things that are said or written about her."There have been many occasions when I just sit on the bathroom floor and burst into tears," mirror. co. uk quoted the
26-year-old as saying.

Knightley, who lives in East London and is dating Klaxons rocker James Righton, said that her decade in the limelight has been turbulent and she has often felt isolated.

London, Jan 8 : Actress Keira Knightley has revealed that she often cries over the things that are said or written about her.

The 26-year-old confessed that there have been “many occasions when I just sit on the bathroom floor and burst into tears”.

“Then there are other days when you go, OK, it just doesn’t matter. That’s fine. I think it depends on the day of the week really,” the Mirror quoted her as saying.

London, Jan 5 : Technology has merged the best parts of some of the world's most beautiful celebrities to show what the world's ultimate head turner would look like.

After a poll to discover which parts of female stars women most admired and desired, an image of what is being called the "ultimate celebrity" has been created, the Daily Mail reported.

London, Dec 15 - Actress Keira Knightley needed a break from all her "dark" film roles so she signed up to star in a comedy "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World".

The 26-year-old has done a series of dramatic roles since her breakthrough in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, and now she wanted to show off her playful side with a bit of light relief.

London, Dec 2 : Keira Knightley has revealed that couldn’t bear the thought of the scenes hitting the web in her new movie ‘A Dangerous Mind’.

The 26-year-old actress, who had been musing about the spanking scene that nearly saw her turn it down, stars as a patient of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung in the forthcoming film.

London, Nov 25 : Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg has revealed that the shocking role of Keira Knightley in ‘A Dangerous Method’ was originally written for Julia Roberts.

In the film, Knightley plays a Russian woman named Sabina who has severe psychological issues and comes between famed psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud.

The script is based on Christopher Hampton’s 2002 play ‘The Talking Cure’.

London, Nov 23 : Keira Knightley has revealed that she almost turned down her new film `Dangerous Method' because she was afraid to star in spanking sex scenes.

The actress who landed a role in David Cronenberg's film, which is about Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis, had a shock when she first read the script.

Washington, November 16 : Kiera Knightley has revealed that she `watched football and drank beer' as she needed to lighten up after the dark, emotionally and sexually charged scenes for her new movie.

In the movie `A Dangerous Method' she plays a troubled patient who falls in love with her psychoanalyst, the renowned Carl Jung - played by Michael Fassbender.

London, Nov 16 : Keira Knightley has admitted that she necked vodka shots to get through explicit sex scenes in her upcoming movie `A Dangerous Method' in which she plays an erotically charged mental patient.

The 26-year-old actress, who has never faced problems getting her kit off for films, needed a little courage when it came to playing a sex-obsessed seductress.

London, Nov 2 : Keira Knightley has revealed that she used football as therapy after filming kinky scenes in ‘A Dangerous Mind’.

She went to a pub to watch last year’s World Cup match to relieve herself from the stress.

“We shot the film during the World Cup. It was a great antidote,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

London, Oct 27 - Actress Keira Knightley warned her co-star, Michael Fassbender, not to touch her during a kinky spanking scene in the film ?Dangerous Method?, or else she would kill him.

The beauty plays a Russian woman with severe psychological issues who comes between famed psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, in the film.

She admits that she had almost turned down the role because of a scene where her character, Sabine, is violently spanked.

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.

London, Sept 10 : Keira Knightley will be playing the role of Anna Karenina in a new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel by Joe Wright.

The 26-year-old will be working in collaboration with Wright for the third time, one of which was for her Oscar-nominated role as Elizabeth Bennet in `Pride and Prejudice', the Telegraph reported.

Melbourne, Sept 9 : Keira Knightley has revealed that she can smell sexual energy the moment she enters a room.

The 26-year-old Oscar-nominated actress said that it’s easy to spot a romantic connection.

“I think you do know if there is sex in the room,” the Daily Telegraph quoted her as saying.

“You pick up on chemistry between people,” she added. (ANI)

London, Aug 3:Actress Keira Knightley is reportedly learning to play drums and guitar from her boyfriend James Righton.

Righton is the member of British indie rock band Klaxons.

London, May 7: `Twilight' actor, Robert Pattinson is the second richest British actor with a total fortune of 32 million pounds, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.

Harry Potter''s Daniel Radcliffe, 21, tops the list with 48 million pounds, including last year's earnings of 6 million pounds, reports The Sun.

London, April 11 - Actress Keira Knightley was snapped cosying up and kissing singer and her rumoured beau James Righton.

Both of them cosied up as they left The Klaxons rocker's London flat and headed to Hoxton Square, where they chatted and kissed.

London, April 3 - Actress Keira Knightley is said to be dating rocker James Righton, who is with the British indie rock band Klaxons.

The 26-year-old star was introduced to Righton by their mutual friend Alexa Chung four weeks ago.