Video: Keira Knightley Singing in 'The Edge of Love'

It's not the maybe-she-chose-the-wrong-career revelation of Reese Witherspoon putting on her best June Carter, but prior to the release of The Edge of Love, there has been a bit of talk about Keira Knightley singing on film for the first time. In the film, which co-stars Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller and Matthew Rhys, Knightley plays Vera Philips, the lover of poet Dylan Thomas. Part of preparing for the role required Keira to take singing instruction, since she would be warbling the standards "Blue Tahitian Moon," "Drifting and Dreaming," and "Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much." "I did some lessons with a voice coach because I can’t sing. It was live. There were 100 extras and the director John Maybury was like, ‘Now you’re going to sing,'" remembers Knightley. "I’ve never been so frightened in my entire life. I never want to do it again. I don’t want to be a rock star." So how'd she do? Watch and learn. So it's not awful. I mean, it fits the song at least. Probably wouldn't sell a lot of albums with that voice, but I've heard worse singing in a movie.

On a side note, The Edge of Love was written by Keira's mother, playwright Sharman MacDonald, which makes me wonder how on Earth Keira ever got the role. The film hits theaters in the UK on June 20th, with an American release to follow later in the year.