Crowning a New Queen

摘要

Keira knightley is an impos-sibly lovely young actress, a fact that Hollywood seems bent on proving one body part at a time. It's the fall of 2003, and a NEWSWEEK reporter pays a visit to Knightley's trailer on the set of next July's medieval epic "King Arthur," her second film with "Pirates of the Caribbean" producer Jerry Bruckheimer. She answers the door in her costume, which, above the waist at least, consists of what looks like a three-inch swatch of cloth that on some beaches wouldn't even qualify as a bikini top. "It's Jerry's fault," Knightley says, grinning. When Bruckheimer offered her the role of Guinevere, she recalls his instructing, "Let's get your stomach out." This, she playfully notes, actually represents progress of a sort: "In 'Pirate,' all they cared about was my cleavage."