Sunday
01Jun2008
Video: Keira Knightley Singing in 'The Edge of Love'
Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 10:28AM
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.
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.
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