Keira Knightley is out promoting her new movie, ‘Last Night’. Last night she looked gorgeous as she stopped by the Jon Stewart show.

She recently sat down with USA Today and explained why she chose to leave the hugely successful ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise.

Pirates, “was an amazing experience,” Knightley says, but, “I was 17 when I started and 22 by the time the last one came out. It was a considerable chunk of time. It was extraordinary but I think, what is that, five years of (my) life?”

And, with the rigorous shooting schedule for Pirates 2 and 3, “doing it solidly for two years at that time was definitely enough. And I mostly just wanted to do something else.”

“The thing about acting is, it does require life, because you have to have things to draw from,” says Knightley, adding that after a slew of movies including The Duchess, Atonement and the Pirates franchise, “I very much felt like I’d hit a brick wall and was regurgitating as opposed to actually finding anything new.”

After taking some time off for “travel, reading” and some normalcy, Knightley has been up to a bounty of other projects, including Last Night, co-starring Avatar’s Sam Worthington; The Children’s Hour, the play she just wrapped with Elisabeth Moss in London; psychoanalytical film A Dangerous Method with Viggo Mortenson (due later this year); a pairing with Steve Carell in dark comedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and a possible upcoming turn in Anna Karenina.

That said, the willowy Brit is still excited for On Stranger Tides. “I can’t wait to see it,” she says. “I’m sure it will be lovely.”

I’m glad she’s got a lineup of movies coming out! Last movie I saw her in, ‘Never Let Me Go’ I didn’t like at all (too damn depressing!).

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Keira Knightley leaves the Comedy Theatre yesterday (March 10) in London, England. She stays warm and fashionable in a checkered mid-length coat, tights, a tan scarf and matching flats!

In case you didn’t know, Keira has been busy with the release of a Chanel advertisement and has signed on to be the voice of Tinker Bell in a Peter Pan Prequel to hit theaters this summer.

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Keira Knightley – who recently split from boyfriend Rupert Friend – has just signed on to star opposite the sparkly one, Robert Pattinson. Once I read the article below – I thought to myself – I can see Keira and Robert actually doing really well together. I bet they will have very good chemistry together (not so sure about Robert and Reese in the upcoming ‘Water For Elephants’). Don’t you agree? Don’t you think they’ll play a good couple? Kristen better watch her man! Keira fell in love with longtime boyfriend Rupert while on the set of ‘Sense and Sensibility’!

Keira Knightley will star alongside Robert Pattinson in ‘Cosmopolis’. The British actress will play the 24-year-old star’s love interest in the David Cronenberg-directed film, based the Don DeLillo novel.

The pair are expected to get up close and personal with each other in the film, which shows 24 hours in the life of a billionaire financier who squanders his fortune and his new wife.

An insider said: “Keira will get to do a lot of smooching with Rob. Some of the scenes are going to be pretty steamy.”

Marion Cotillard was originally lined up for the film’s single female role – but now Keira, 25, is on board in the movie’s second big casting change after Irish star Colin Farrell backed out earlier this year.

Director David has nothing but praise for his new leading lady.

He said: “Keira is a brilliant actress. She blew everyone away. She’s a real heavy dude. She’s as good as anyone I’ve worked with. You don’t realise it until you start to actually work with somebody.”

‘Cosmopolis’ will be Robert’s first major film after completing ‘The Twilight Saga’, in which he plays vampire Edward Cullen. He will next be seen on screen in ‘Water for Elephants’, starring alongside Reese Witherspoon in the Francis Lawrence-directed adaptation of the Sara Gruen novel.

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Pop Eater is reporting tht at Kiera Knightley and Rupert Friend have split after dating for 5 years!

The pair met on the set of ‘Pride & Prejudice’ in 2005, but Knightley’s rising A-list status did not go down well with Friend.

A friend told the paper, “Rupert hates the idea of being followed and photographed. Keira partially had to accept it because of her rising profile. It affected the harmony in the relationship. The pressure took its toll, and both decided they should go their separate ways. They will remain life-long friends.”

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She looks amazing!

As children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy, spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.

I cannot wait to see this movie! It looks really dark, but totally interesting.