Keira Knightley was left physically shaken after a fan turned on her with a expletive loaded rant while she was out in public alone.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star was walking alone close to her London home when she was surprised by a overzealous fan who tried to speak to her.

The actress admits she was thinking of future film projects at the time and was shocked by the man shouting her name.

But, when the actress failed to respond to her name being called, the fan became aggressive – calling her a “c**t”. And the star was left feeling “jumpy” by the unexpected taunt.

She says, “The other day I was walking down the street and was really thinking about this book I’d been sent. You know when you’re really in another place. Somebody jumped out and went, ‘Keira Knightley!’ I got such a shock, I couldn’t say anything because I’d been thinking about the book and this guy took incredible offense and started hurling the most amazing abuse. He said, ‘Who the f**k do you think you are? You’re such a c**t.’ All this, and I’m completely on my own.”

And Knightley is finding it hard to recover from the encounter.

She adds, “It’s weird thing to have to deal with, not on a day-to-day basis, but it’s happened enough to make me quite jumpy.”

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Keira Knightley doesn’t care if women hate her – because it is natural for females to loathe celebrities of the same gender.

The 23-year-old insists it doesn’t bother her if women detest her, as the backlash is part of being in the spotlight.

She says, “If you put yourself in the public forum, it’s what you put yourself up for. I don’t need to read it. Manipulation is something women do a lot. Women get obsessed with other women – love them or hate them. That line is very easy to cross.”

The Atonement star also responded to a quote from The Guardian, which read: “If you want to befriend a woman, ask her the question: ‘What do you think of Keira Knightley?’ In the resulting torrent of bile and loathing, you will bond.”

Knightley added: “I’m doing a good thing for women then.”

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Keira Knightley hates being pursued by the paparazzi – because it ruins her social life.

The Atonement actress is well-known for her distaste of snappers who try and secure photos of her personal life.

And the star has admitted her pals fail to invite her to social events in case they are harassed by eager photographers.

She tells Britain’s Tatler magazine, “One of them (friends) asked me if I would mind not going out with them to a restaurant one evening as they find the whole paparazzi thing alarming. I don’t blame them. It can be very intimidating.”

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What’s up with her hair?

Keira Knightley won her lead part in the forthcoming My Fair Lady remake by arriving at the audition drunk.

The British actress was so anxious about meeting theater impresario Cameron Mackintosh to try out for the part, she turned to alcohol to calm her nerves.

She recalls, “It was in front of Cameron himself, so the only option was to get drunk. I probably did slur my words – I can’t remember.”

But the tactic appeared to work – as Knightley was subsequently cast as Eliza Doolittle, the flower girl made famous by Audrey Hepburn, opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in a updated version of the 1964 musical .

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