This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. It’s extraordinary to think that it was 16 years ago. Are you offered more parts with a political edge than you were 15 years ago? Shooting had been planned for early 2021. The Movie Quiz: Who was the first filmmaker to win three Oscars for a film? Where do you go for news? Katharine has that great line in the film, which was cheered at Sundance: “Just because you are prime minister that doesn’t mean that you’re allowed to make things up.” Look where we are now. Apple TV+’s adaptation of Sarah Perry novel The Essex Serpent has halted pre-production after Keira Knightley dramatically dropped out just weeks after Deadline revealed that she was to headline the series. Keira Knightley is stepping back from her lead role as Cora in the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series, "The Essex Serpent." Did you join the anti-war march in London? The role of Katharine Gun in Official Secrets is played by Keira Knightley. I remember sitting in the makeup bus and there being a conversation along the lines of “We are going into Iraq to pay them back for 9/11” and thinking “Hold on - I don’t think that was Iraq!” For my generation it was the first time that we had been really politically engaged – and it didn’t change anything. Deadline understands that the show will go on hiatus before shooting in 2021. Keira Knightley is stepping back from her lead role as Cora in the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series, "The Essex Serpent.". People are politically re-engaged. The movie is very faithful to the story – which means that it doesn’t have a Hollywood ending… It’s a very British story in that way. Please enter your email address so we can send you a link to reset your password. My husband has - really kindly! Market data provided by Factset. I have no idea. The account details entered are not currently associated with an Irish Times subscription. I think that generally speaking we do what we are told, and we toe the line. I’m not a journalist, of course, so this was the first time I had asked anyone any questions that they legally could not answer. You know, different times create different audiences. I think it might even depend on how I was feeling that day. Production on the streaming services' adaptation of Sarah Perry's 2016 novel has halted amid this change-up, as the lead role will have to be recast. All Rights reserved. Not a huge amount. Honestly, I have no idea whether I would – and I think that is what I find fascinating about it. I was about 18 at the time. Pretty horrific. Would I do it? Because of the second wave of COVID cases in the UK, the rep said “there wasn’t a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of childcare required for the four-and-a-half-month production.”. I mean, I don’t look anything like her. “There wasn’t a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of child care required for the four-and-a-half-month production," her rep said. It was only a week before the war started, wasn’t it? It’s funny; we all like to think we are truth-tellers. Can you imagine doing that yourself in that situation? Keira Knightley: ‘If I’m asked my opinion, I don’t have a problem giving it.’ Photograph: Ryan Pfluger/New York Times. The script made me think hard about that. 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I think the National Theatre was set up when it was because it was a moment when we suddenly wanted to walk in other people’s shoes. I know some people like escapism, and that’s fine, but I like to be challenged. I guess the avalanche of the invasion itself overwhelmed it. Earlier this summer, a few weeks before her second child was born, Knightley, 34, sat down to talk about why she took the part, and why she felt she believed that the film was coming out at a timely moment. I did actually join Twitter for about 12 hours because I tried to be down with the kids and it just creeped me out, Keira said. I am halfway through Uninhabitable Earth. When the big march happened, I was in America shooting Pirates of the Caribbean and feeling utterly stupid that I was in a pirate costume and all my mates were on an anti-war march. Quite severe. I mean, the thing is, I don’t have very much that I want to share in that way. I watched it accumulate, like, 100 followers in three seconds and I got so freaked out that I turned it off straight away. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. No. Keira Knightley will not be playing Cora in the upcoming Apple TV+ series 'The Essex Serpent. And now, at a time when nationalism is on the rise, it seems important to set these questions out there. I had lunch with her, and she came to the set once. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. I really remember the run-up to that conflict, but I didn’t remember this.

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