Now 40, Keira Knightley occupies a rare space in cinema as an actress of profound gravitas and outspoken advocacy. Yet, as fans revisit the film that made her a household name—2003’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl—a startling realization is rippling through social media: the woman who commanded the screen as the formidable Elizabeth Swann was, for most of the production, legally a child. Knightley was just 17 years old when she stepped onto the deck of the Black Pearl, an age that has left modern audiences in a state of collective disbelief. “This must be...
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