Keira Knightley Hits Up Letterman To Promote "The Duchess"
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 in the middle of the damn afternoon
Photo Credit: Bauer-Griffin'The Duchess' holds its own without Diana parallels, says Knightley
Keira Knightley's role in "The Duchess" sees her playing a fashion icon beloved by the English - a vibrant young woman married to a much older nobleman who lets her down enormously in the Prince Charming department when he fails to show her any affection.
Some 200 years after Lady Georgiana Spencer endured a loveless marriage, her direct descendant Lady Diana Spencer would marry Prince Charles and eventually become the so-called people's princess.
Parallels in the lives of the two women have been drawn before, notably when the book on which "The Duchess" is based was published in 1998 - the year after Diana's death.
But those parallels aren't particularly welcomed by Knightley or her director, Saul Dibb.
In fact, it seemed a bit of a sore point as they promoted "The Duchess" at the Toronto International Film Festival.
"We did very definitely intend to make a film about Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, not Diana," Knightley said.
"I didn't look into (Diana) as any sort of, I suppose, inspiration for the character, partly because we were basing it on such a wonderful biography. All the information we had was right there." [Canadian Press]
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i'm so used to seeing her hair short or always pulled back. idk if i like but i do know the shade of lipstick is no!
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Classic beauty.
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When she's not showing off her rib cage....her face comes more into focus....Which is not a good thing apparently.
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I dig her.
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Ditto, she is classic.
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Very pretty lady. but she does look kinda undernourished.
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Makeup is so damn pasty white that it makes her look flat-faced and sickly. Looses all of her beautiful features. I kinda see a young Meryl Streep look going on.
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Maybe a bit too thin.
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she is absolutely beautiful
and has impeccable taste
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She looks beautiful in picture two, but her underbite is terrifying in the others (which is why she does the annoying pout).
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yuk. bony chicks are more disgusting than fat ones (not obese)
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She needs a sandwich.
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Anorexic. Ugly as hell.
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She looks pretty fucking awful. Like someone who has a coke problem.
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I can't imagine her being two sizes bigger. I think this is her natural body type.
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Her hair looks so beautiful here.
I like porcelain skin.
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This girl is waaay too thin.
/gross
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ugly fish face
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don't be jealous uglies, this girl is a classic beauty, she has a perfect face, plus class.
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Super hot. One of the most beautiful women alive.
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The doctor told me to take Knight-ley dose of Keira
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