Keira Knightley accepts that the Pirates Of The Caribbean films opened doors for her – but also reflects that she paid a personal price.

Currently undertaking promotional duties for the Netflix series Black Doves, Keira Knightley has been chatting about her time in the Pirates Of The Caribbean films with some conflicting thoughts.

Knightley took on the role of Elizabeth Swann in the films, which as she notes in a new interview with The Times, pretty much turned her into a household name. However, with that came the paradox that the franchise brought with it a heavy weight of criticism.

“It’s a funny thing when you have something that was making and breaking you at the same time”, she considered. “I was seen as shit because of them, and yet because they did so well I was given the opportunity to do the films that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for.