Keira Knightley Candidly Explains Why She Won't Film Nude Scenes With Male Directors

Claire Danes has taken over a role slated for Keira Knightley in an upcoming Apple+ TV series.

Coming off her Emmy-winning starring turn on Homeland, Claire Danes has signed on to headline The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterClaire Danes has signed on for the lead role in the upcoming Apple drama series “Essex Serpent,” Variety has learned exclusively.Danes takes over the role from Keira Knightley, whose exit from the project was reported back in October. The series is based on the book of the same name by Sarah Perry.

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Pride and Prejudice to newer hits like Booksmart.Spring is a bare-faced Keira Knightley strolling between the tall grass in the English countryside while a golden hue settles on the fields and a smoldering Mr. Darcy gallops towards her.

Actress Keira Knightley recently spoke about her no-nudity clause and revealed that it is a result of having two kids, while the actress expressed that she is no longer interested in doing lovemaking scenes directed by men, the case may be different if a woman was behind the camera.

Keira Knightley is ready to flip the script.

 Keira Knightley  recently revealed she wouldn’t accept any more roles that include nude scenes if the film’s director is a man. According to the actress, she is not against posing nude, but she is unwilling to sacrifice her peace by feeling unease or awkward at a man’s stare.

Chanel Connects” this month.The 35-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star’s reasoning is twofold: “It’s partly vanity and also it’s the male gaze,” she explained during the conversation with filmmaker Lulu Wang and writer Diane Solway. “I feel very uncomfortable now trying to portray the male gaze.

Though she’s only 35-years-old, Keira Knightley has been steadily acting in films and TV series since the mid-‘90s. Over the course of her decades-long career, she’s learned quite a bit about what she’s not willing to do anymore.

Keira Knightley has revealed that she won't shoot nude scenes for films with male directors. "I don't have an absolute ban [on filming nude scenes], but I kind of do with men," she told the Chanel Connects podcast.

Chanel Connects podcast, ."It's partly vanity and also it's the male gaze," said Knightley, who's had a “no nudity” clause in her contracts since to her first child in 2015. “I'm too vain, and the body has had two children now, and I'd just rather not stand in front of a group of men naked,” she admitted, adding that if a sexual scene is needed for a movie, there are always body doubles.

Chanel Connects podcast, Knightley spoke with filmmaker Lulu Wang and journalist Diane Solway about her change of mind, and why performing nude “in front of a group of men” makes her uncomfortable.“It’s partly vanity and also it’s the male gaze,” Knightley said.

Naman Ramachandran Oscar-nominated actor Keira Knightley (“The Imitation Game”) has revealed her discomfort in falling under the “male gaze” while filming intimate scenes.In conversation with “The Farewell” filmmaker Lulu Wang and writer-producer Diane Solway on the Chanel Connects podcast, Knightley said her decision to add a no nudity clause to her contract since becoming a mother was partly due to vanity.“It’s the male gaze.

Keira Knightley is addressing her stance on sex scenes.

Keira Knightley is a versatile actress who has been seen in everything from blockbusters to indies to period films. Throughout her career, she has been in films where she has been seen nude and in sex scenes.

Keira Knightley is taking a new stance when it comes to doing nudity onscreen.