This week sees the release of David Cronenberg's new film A Dangerous Method, starring Keira Knightley. In my anecdotal experience, people, especially women, really seem to hate Keira Knightley.
Hating certain actors isn't a new thing, but in the modern media saturated world, the hate seems to come a lot easier to us. Being who I am, movies tend to come up in conversation a lot, and whenever Miss Knightley is touched upon, the hate begins to flow.
"The way her chin juts out, it enrages me," is a pretty typical comment. I've never known a facial feature to inspire such vitriol.
I got to thinking about this while watching A Dangerous Method last week. The film isn't without merit, but overall I found it disappointing. And Knightley's performance isn't going to win over any of her haters.
When we are introduced to her character, she is deep in the throes of mania. And Knightley chooses to portray this mania by jutting her chin out even further and making strange noises. The actress had never really bothered me before, but I was starting to understand everybody's problem with her chin.
