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Keira Knightleymay be a beloved actress across the globe, but one of her biggest critics is none other than someone within her innermost circle — her daughterEdie.
While chatting with PEOPLE about her voiceover role in the new filmCharlotte, in theaters Friday, the actress, 37, also opened up about her 6-year-old daughter and how she has absolutely no interest in watching her famous mother onscreen.
Noting that Edie “has not” seen any of her film roles — which range from thePirates of the Caribbeanseries toPride & Prejudice— Knightley tells PEOPLE exclusively, “She’s completely uninterested.”
“I did a version ofThe Nutcrackera couple of years ago, and she actually came on set with me to that one when she was 3, so I thought, ‘Oh, this year maybe she wants to watch that?’ " she continues. “[But] she said ‘No.’ "
“So she is completely uninterested in seeing me in any way at all on television, which is completely fair enough,” Knightley adds. “I think that’s very healthy.”
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Knightley shares her daughter Edie with her husband,James Righton. The couple are also parents to 2-year-old daughterDelilah.
Continuing to speak about her daughters and her film roles, Knightley tells PEOPLE that she has offered to show Edie the firstPirates of the Caribbeanfilm given that her little one’s friends have already watched it.
And though she told Edie that she is “old enough” to watch the movie, and she didn’t think that she would find it to be “too scary,” theLove Actuallystar explains, however, that Edie still remained uninterested.
“I don’t know that she ever will [be interested in my film roles], and that’s fine,” the mother of two says with a laugh. “She’s like, ‘No. No. I’m fine.’ "
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Despite Edie’s lack of interest in her mother’s films, she and her sister are currently enthralled in all thingsDisney+, though, Knightley explains.
“Encantois really big in our house. I mean, massive,” she says. “Even my 2-year-old can sing ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno,’ so there’s a lot ofEncanto.”
Watching films from Disney with her family, Knightley details, is something she loves to do, especially more recently given that she feels projects from the company have become much more inclusive.
“I love what they’re doing with [these films]. … I cannot say how amazing it is now, the variety of female characters, andhow they look and their skin color, and what different cultures they’re coming from,” she says. “I think all of that is so brilliant and so healthy. … I think they’re coming up with some really great stuff.”
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Knightley’s latest project is one she would love to show her two girls down the line, should their interest in her roles change. But, for now, she understands it isn’t a film to show them given the mature content material.
Noting that the story is “definitely not” something she would share with her daughters until “they’re a little bit older,” Knightley says it remains an important tale for all others to watch. “I think, just as an artist, her work should be celebrated a lot more than it is,” she tells PEOPLE.
“I mean, I think that it would be great to have as many great female artists out there, and I think she’s definitely one of them,” Knightley adds. “I think what she managed to achieve and the extraordinary way she did it is incredibly inspiring.”
Charlotte— which also features voiceovers from other stars, including Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn,Sam Claflin, Eddie Marsan and the lateHelen McCrory— hits theaters on April 22.
source: people.com
