Keira Knightley attended the Duchess world premiere in London yesterday. It’s rumored that Keira might grab another Oscar nomination for her part in this movie.

In the movie Keira plays Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire. At some point there were some people comparing the Duchess with princess Diana and Keira was not pleased to hear that.

I think that Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire in herself was an interesting enough character to warrant a film entirely about her and not because there are any similarities with another person.

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Keira Knightley talks about the rape scene she had to act together with actor Ralph Fiennes for the upcoming movie The Duchess.

The interview was given for Tatler magazine.

‘It was very shocking. More than you might think. We rehearsed it twice and the first time was awful, with an incredibly violent act. The second time I said I needed some 18th century swear words to shout out. There wasn’t anything that Georgiana could do except fight it. We didn’t want to make it simplistic, so it turned into her freaking out at him. He is trying to have total control, and it is about that as opposed to the actual violent act.‘

‘Such scenes are always difficult. It was filmed on a closed set and we did discuss it and try different ways. So it wasn’t like Ralph just came in and we did it cold without me knowing exactly what was going to happen. The rape is incredible part of her story – it’s the moment when really hits her that she is forever trapped.‘

Keira Knightley dressed all up as The Duchess gave a short interview for HandbagTV.

You can also see some behind the scenes from the movie and hear Keira complaining about how cold it was on the set of the movie.