Roles in the theater Hollywood has a newTrend: Popular movie actors are leaving the blue screen in droves and onto the stage. More recently, it became known that Sienna Miller is preparing for her theatrical debut in New York. on the London stage. And now it became known that Keira Knightley was preparing a play. The choice of the Hollywood diva fell on the play "The Misanthrope" by Moliere. Knightley's role is not too different from what she had to play on the screen. The Pirates of the Caribbean star will play an American actress in love with one of the leading theater actors Alkesta (Damien Lewis) in a modern take on a classic production. The heroine Knightley, according to the director, is not much different from the actress herself in life, although the latter is perhaps a little more calm and balanced. “I am happy that Kira likes her role so much that she can find a lot of new things in it, which even I don’t see. She finds it funny that she - a big star - will play a big star, she realizes that she will certainly be ridiculed by critics. But she doesn't care, she likes to do what she's doing now, ”said the director of the play Thea Sherrock.
