Keira Knightley in Star Wars-Episode I

[shayzzz5678]

She was 12!!!!!!!!!

[TheRandomstuff12345]

she is the most beautiful woman i have ever seen ad in my opinion she is the best female actress of all time

she has become a better actress as time has gone on

[aboosiaSJ]

I HATE VIDEOS WHERE THE TONE IS MESSED UP. STOP RAISING THE PITCH, THAT'S WHY IT SOUNDS CHEESY :(

[Phenomenon58]

I always did get confused between Natalie Portman and Kiera Knightley.

[limacarlos1013]

i could've sworn natalie portman played 2 roles! omggg



[Hubbleknarf]

I don;t care what anybody says, nute gunray is awesome as fuck

[raindropsneverfall]

@Hubbleknarf

Haha, me too!

[MrInception12]

nute gunray was the best actor

[OwenKeeler]

4:20 lol



[ajadedreality]

Keira played the Queen to be a decoy, so that if the she got killed, the real one would be ok.

[WilliamRAlford]

Keira was capable of portraying a regal presence and Natalie was not. And that this collection did not include "You have gone too far this time, Viceroy" is sorely lacking.

[Taartje361]

padme is keira knightley ?? didnt know

[Daniyay]

@Taartje361 no, natalie portman is. in this scene kiera knightley is queen amidala because padme needs a disguise or something. i kind of forgot.

[cezzie901]

When this came out I was 12, and the two girls swopping over confused the fuck out of me. :P

[mellun]

wait a sec.So in there anaki is like 4 years old and natalie is like 18...And they end up fucking in 2 and 3 wtf...i sense pedobear

[InfamousFreedom]

Is it possible for a 12 year old to have that deep a voice? Or be that elegant and beautiful? haha. Damn.

[HotDamn70]

@InfamousFreedom Shes 14 here

[surrealIdeal]

@HotDamn70 no she was 12.

[surrealIdeal]

@InfamousFreedom Portman did a voiceover for her.

[18thOfThe9th1983]

Keira sure knows what to do with a cock, believe you-me!

[VicFacinelli]

I love Keira ! She's so sweet and pretty.but I can't believe she was 12 here ! ;o

[markerring]

@VicFacinelli she was 14 ;)

[VicFacinelli]

@markerring No, actually she was 12.. she says so in this interview: /watch?v=Bs7ZieyeVy4

[Gravemace]

They're both so hot!

[SirSirRobin]

"My feelings tell me they will destroy you."

Best line in the movie.

[theQuest88]

wow they look exactly the same!!!i love them both,of course!

[Inkrunner12]

They look exactly the same!!!! How are you supposed to tell the difference?

[BayFlow408]

WOW!! And I did not know that! -Yarael Poof of Robot Chicken! (Pizza scene)

[lukespooky]

lol i forgot how fucking cheesy episode 1 is

[CrystalSky175]

Haha I JUST noticed this Yesterday when they were replaying this movie. I noticed it on the Peace scene and i was like HOLY CRAP!!! :D Thanks for confirming it for me. :D

[501stlegionnaire]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Knightley seriously played in a SW movie =DDDDD

Who knew XD

[kuunami]

@501stlegionnaire

yeah, I've seen the Phantom menace so many times and never realized that was her.

[Emapten]

where is sofia coppola?

[TheKentuckykid9513]

they put portmans voice over hers and in some scenes im pretty sure they switch parts

[Rinxxxxx]

i got chills when padme came out and revealed that she was the true queen. getting chills just typing this now lol!

[soccerprog226]

Roger Roger.

[pokerguy94]

I've been a huge Star Wars fan since I was 7. I can't believe I didn't know this...

[JSasRays]

@pokerguy94 same here. just found out

[mikethe4th]

OOOOH I didn't know that was her! Lol i was wondering why u usdedto think she was in the movie

[tantive4]

I love the Robot voices n this. The droid ones too...

[TheBlitz1]

jesus christ what a horrible movie

[HazieRox]

In her earlier movies they don't always spell her name right. in Princess of Thieves, she's listed as Keira Knightly. That doesn't mean she was born like that and then changed it, it just means there are people who do movies that don't have the decency to check how to spell someones name in the credits.

[HazieRox]

first of all, her birth name was, KEIRA. she was never Kiera. She was born Keira Knightley, and has never changed it. Even if she was born "Kiera" im pretty sure everyone would still pronounce it properly, if you're challenged by a name like that, have fun pronouncing Saoirse Ronan.

second of all, she was actually 12 years old here, not 14. she says so on Leno.

In her earlier movies they don't always spell her name right. in Princess of Thieves, she's listed as Keira Knightly. That doesn't

[xomayannaox]

.. Kiera was only 14 !!!!

[xomayannaox]

wow ! I never knew that it was Kiera Knightley ,I always thoguht it was Natalie doing both.

[roxsan123]

@xomayannaox we're the same lol....

[ferris5150]

i don't like kiera knightly as much. seems a bit serious a lot of the time. check out natalie portmans SNL rap skit, very funny she seems like a fun girl.

seems as though natalies done some better movies than kiera too, apart from this one, which pretty much ruined the star wars franchise.

[gothicgrace]

It's funny cause in the credits to this movie, she's listed as Kiera Knightly, not KEIRA Knightly. She wasn't known enough at the time to have her name spelled properly I guess.

[Varekai0723]

@gothicgrace Her birth name is KIERA, no KEIRA. It was changed to make it easier for US audiences to pronounce.

[lunne14]

01:17 there i saw that it was her

[Elvinauk]

I had no idea it was Keira Knightly! The lucky b*tch getting to star alongisde Laim Neeson who saved this film for me, he carries the whole damn thing IMO.

[WilliamRAlford]

Keira was a much more convincing Queen. I would have been happier with her in that role than Natalie.

[Meovah]

It's KEIRA, not KIERA... You guys can't read...?? o_O

[dduval59]

Padme (who is the REAL QUEEN) go clean this dirty droid. You don't need to do anything important (like know what's going on with the plot or anything.)

[SCE2AUX]

@dduval59 Sabe: (to herself) "Been wanting to do that for six years!!"

[DragonCheerx3]

woah, so natalie and keria were the queen?

am i right?

[TheLeatheryman]

I want a kiera natalie sandwich

[dmi3011]

lol, qui-gon and obi-wan were like dang she pulled one on us too and were jedi's.

[TheFloleboss]

0:57 It's natalie portman playing, Liam Neeson is 1m94 and Ewan Mac Gregor 1m77, they are both too tall compared to supposed Keira (1m70) and you can believe easily it's natalie (1m60) playing. Or Liam and Mac took incredible shoes^^.

[TheFloleboss]

0:58 Keira Knightley is 1m70 and Natalie Portman is 1m60. If You compare her at this moment to Liam Nesson who is 1m94 and Ewan Mac Gregor (1m77), you can believe easily that it's natalie portman and not keira playing.

[mythic89]

Jar Jar Binks Stinks

[mythic89]

Worst movie out of all the Star Wars films maybe worse movie ever.

[neterwan]

It's actually an amazing example of how two actresses, that look very much alike, can have different parts in one movie without spoiling one another's character in the movie.

I must admit, that I learnt about Keira in SW only two or three years after the release of TPM.

[DPWfan10]

Okay I'm confused, which one is Keira Knightley?

[Knightmessenger]

@DPWfan10 Keira is the decoy QueenWhen like in these shots. Padme is always played by Natalie Portman.

at 1:18, that's Keira in the Queen's outfit and Natalie as Padme in the handmaiden on her left.

[Madcatjojo]

Natalie Portman must do the voice though, no way thats Keira

x

[ctk777]

Man this movie sucked.

[63Balance]

not really the best clip if you want to have a perve on Keira, hardly recognise her, also she is only a kid in Phantom.

[sickskiier346]

@63Balance - yeah thats a good point... i love keira and i gotta say it was kind of a dissapointing performance from her... :/

[ILOVEGA959]

@sickskiier346 she was like12

[kation]

Aww, R2, I love his beeps and woos

[DazzledRose3193]

does sabe die in the next episode? if she meant to be 14....urgh that means shes like in her twenties when she gets together with anakin..

[iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat]

Both great actresses!!

[JadenJoey]

1:17

[mattsson20]

is it sabe(keira) who dies in beginning of episode 2 ?

[weakkitten]

Is Natalie Portman suppose to be 14 years old in this movie ? And then get together with Anakin ?

[0bsidianos]

@weakkitten

no. Keira is 14 when this movie was released.

[xxyourdarknessxx]

@weakkitten  the character padme is suppose to be 14

[kuchikirukialovers]

I love Natalie portman

and kiera, too

[sleepeeg3]

@kuchikirukialovers Natalie was 14 here! ...and Kiera was 12!!! Crazy.

[JDelaneyS93]

@sleepeeg3 actually Natalie was 17 and Kiera was 13.

[sleepeeg3]

@JDelaneyS93 Not when it was filmed...

[zPandaxs]

@sleepeeg3 WERE THEY???? OMFG!!! they look like they r 23 or something xP

[lisannejudokatje]

At 1.17 you can see it truely is keira knightley

[TheRitsuka16]

wow 3:43

[TheFruitThtAteItself]

Natalie Portman was fucking terrible in this.

[ransom22]

It's not her fault. The directing was terrible in all three episodes with her.

[Zickleinmorder]

I haven't seen this movie in almost five years. God, it's fucking cheesy. In a good way.

[ZubinZubinZubin]

it so completely doesn't sound like her tho... :/

[dMemphiz]

wow that is her!!!! I so didn't know!

[BetWinston]

LIAM NEESON!!!! God this movie is so cool.

[PixPoxy]

1:14 can you see that is Keira

[CheesyAbs6]

you're right

when she turns to her left you can see that it's her

[CullenLover421]

wat seriously snap no clue it was keira

[Marvthemartion]

I knew it was her from the first moment she talked!!! You can totally tell by the way she talks.

[acrossthestarsmedia]

Actually it is Natalie Portman who talks for Keira's role in the films ;P

[Marvthemartion]

When Keira congratulates R2 D2 for saving the ship and she says... "It is to be commended..." It does sound like Keira though, she says it with a bit of an accent. I watched this movie (a few weeks ago) for the very first time, when I hear/saw this part I thought it was Keira (I had no clue if it was her or not) by the way she said "commended." It wasn't until I googled it to know that I was right.

Either way, it sounds like Keira.

[acrossthestarsmedia]

It IS Keira, but her voice was dubbed by Natalie Portman to confuse fans. Keira's role was Top Secret because they wanted fans to think that Natalie played both roles. And I guess it worked. :)

[Marvthemartion]

I know that it IS Keira. I said it SOUNDS like her too... You know what bothers me here? How you feel the need to butt in and interject your thoughts about a simple comment I made. Go bother someone else.

[TopazLove1901]

for me it was the eyebrows...its easy for me to see from her eyebrows even under the makeup

[Mia646]

1. Padme, took the name Amidala when she gained office of Theed - the capital city of Naboo. She was then elected as Queen of Naboo.

2. Keira Knightly was one of the handmaidens, who wern't there to serve the Queen drinks of tea. The handmaidens were specially trained in self-defence, in the situation that the queen's life was threatend, they would take the Queen's place as a decoy. The handmaiden's were chosen for their resemblence to the reigning monarch, and their courage and love for Naboo.

[mortman200]

dammit George mixed up his leading women! He cast Portman for Padme instead of Knightley! Imagine how much better that would have been!

[kuchikirukialovers]

portman is better than knightley so shut up

[keduskin]

is she queen amidala the whole movie? or just parts ... does natalie portman play queen amidala at all? ... confused ...

[zacattack214]

Keira Knightley only plays Amidala in the parts shown in this clip compilation (and possibly one other scene where she has a purple headdress). Natalie Portman played Amidala for the majority of the film, and usually, when Knightley was playing Amidala, Portman can be seen wearing an orange handmaiden robe. She is the one standing next to Keria in the scene shown here.

[ARbenSRbarGR]

she never played Amidala - she was Amidala's body double - a completely different character. i find it interesting that she was 12

[zacattack214]

Well yes, technically the character is different, but since we never see Keira in the film without her makeup on, and she has such an insignificant part in the grand scheme of the Star Wars universe, I'd say it is safe to lump to two characters together. The point was that Keira is the one behind the geisha-esque makeup for about two of the several times that the character of Amidalia or "Sabe," Amidalia's body guard and double, appear.

[lollipopfop]

It was pretty bad. Is this the one with jar jar? Im surprised people did not agree with you. I also don't get the Obi wan love at all. But I wanted to see what Kiera looked like at 12 years old. She looks like herself.

[hollyhock2020]

I think there are people, fans, etc. that wanted to like this movie, but didn't, and others who did like it. But this one was the one I liked the least. Inteesting that this was Kiera Knightly. I had no idea.

[starswitch]

Keira knightly is a great acress and very beautiful, but Natalie Portman is simply beathtaking and amazing

[Billabongs122988]

This was actually Kera Knightley's first movie!

[hexyvampress]

No it wasn't. Her first movie was "Princess of Theives"

[Billabongs122988]

OH!.. sorry I thought so..... :-)

She must have been very young in that film coz here in Ep 1 she was around 12-13 yrs old.

[evea]

A Village Affair (1995) was her first film.

[HazieRox]

hexyvampress,

no, she did this before doing princess of theives.

I have the dvd in front of me, and it says she was Star Wars, which means that she would have done it before.

[SkyCE9A]

I really wish Keira would have had a role in the other two prequels. Or, that she would have been the real Amidala/Padme. I like her better than Natalie Portman. And, I really think she could have done better in Ep. III than Natalie.

[evea]

Shes a good actress, but I dont think that she would have been able to pull off such a huge role. Star Wars is a verry big thing. Their are thousands of fans. I dont think that She would have been able to live up to that at such a young age as she was when she filmed this.

Unlike Natalie she started her career slow with little projects, then made her way to bigger roles.

Natalie started big in Léon ('94) then quickly made it to films like Mars Attacks, Anywhere But Here, & Where the Heart Is

[sgtfiggs]

natalie portman said on actors studio that she played both roles. And that they lowered her voice.

[outbursturself]

that was a lie ^^

[kalcaron]

Such a terrible movie, on every level.

[dipic7]

No it wasn't. You have to admit that at the very least it was visually appealing.

[H4I2I2EE]

Holy shit! I never knew that was her.

[ieetemos4breakfast]

they kept it as a giant secret to avoid peoples suspicion that Amidala was a decoy.

[H4I2I2EE]

I am talking about real life, not the plot of the movie. I knew that was another chic playing the decoy. I just never knew it was Keira Knightley

[Aurawen]

They say they really look alike after the makeup that even their mothers couldn't tell them apart!

XoXo

[nessy4me]

what the ..!?

hey that's very cool I love Star Wars & Keira.!!

[AegeeChan]

Woah! That's crazy! And Keira is only fourteen! Well, probably younger. She was fourteen in 1999 when it came out, and they probably filmed it before that! That's crazy. I've been this movie a million times and I NEVER knew it was her!

[alyce4jensen]

FYI. she was 12 when filming for starwars ep1 began filming.

[kirstyasher2]

when i was younger i always though the things on her ears were like an easter egg that had been split in half :)

[Saysasu]

i didn't understand sorry....Keira? is Keira in Star Wars?

[ritchdiaz]

haha yes, she es the one with make-up, the fake "padme amidala" she was cast for that role due to her close resemblance to Natalie Portman

[Saysasu]

wow! it's fantastic!!! I didn't know this xD

[deew11]

Ha ha lol the double made the queen clean the driod XD

[cristinarose009]

keira and natalie look sooooooo much alike omg

[moonlitreveries]

What the?! Keira Knightley came a long way! I'm a bid star wars fan and Keira fan... I can't believe Keira was a decoy of Natalie portman...

[96bikerider96]

yea whoa

[spellboundbells]

whoa

[catsandkittys]

I didn't know that was Keira Knightley!! WOW she was only 14 then

[livefortoday28]

thats keira knightly!!!!!! i didn't know that

[colt45joe]

i think then it is this movie that made me confuse natalie portman and keira knightley for a certain short while...

[countryrose93]

ok, wow, that is embarassing! I love both Star Wars and Kiera Knightly and I didn't catch that! I thought it was just a stunt double for Natalie Portman! WOW! *blushing*

[DarthVladious]

natalie portman is HOT

[hellohello66666]

i never guessed that that was a 12 yr old, i just thought it was a short woman!

[bulgeriangirl22]

I didn't know that Keira and Natalie have a movie together :?

[LaraAngie]

Did you know she was like 12 years old here!!

[carameltoff]

14, not 12

[sarahkb7]

Keira was 12 years old when these movie scenes was filmed in August 1997. The finished movie was released in 1999, two years later and Keira was 14 then.

[carameltoff]

No wait, your right 12, I was baising that on the time that it was relised.

[hpsprintstar]

NOOOOOOOOOOO!! you took out the lightsaber part.....

[VitoPossilipo]

When I saw "Pirates of the Caribbean" in cinema, I thought, Elizabeth was played by Natalie Portman...I quess that shows, that Keira was a perfect double for Natalie.

[skatefordaysss]

lol the video ends at 1:20

[BoindilinHDRO]

yes keira knightley IS in the movie she s the double of padme her name is Sabe

look at wookiepedia and search Sabe

[BoindilinHDRO]

Keira Knightley is in the moie she is one of the orange bitches

[OldHollywood1]

No, You are wrong. Portman is in the Orange. Look close at the video at 2:39-2:42 on the video. Knightley (with dubbed Portman voice) is dressed like the Queen during 3 scenes with Padme(portman) behind her. Any other scenes it is portman as the Queen.

[OldHollywood1]

Clearly you are mistaken. Keira Knightley AND Natalie Portman are in this movie. Whenever Padme(portman)and the Queen are in a scene it is Knightley (with Portman Voice over) as the Queen. If it is just the Queen it is portman.

[Lynn15]

Was Keira in this for about 1 second ? :S

[TigerEye503]

i was right. i did this same thing at home and i got all of the keira parts right. on the DVD her voice is lower so it's harder to find out if it's keira but i got it right by telling by her faceil expressions.

[Stelu]

AH! I could tell at 2:20!!!!

[Stelu]

Interesting. She worked really hard NOT to do that annoying thing Kiera does when she talks. D: SO ANNOYING!

[alexsau91]

can you beleave she was only 12 when she did that, apparently she's also english not american, never knew that

[Ravok]

She was 14 not 12. She was born in 1985 and this movie came out in 99'. Another good reason why the 90's were a good time...<3 Star Wars forever.

[sarahkb7]

Keira was 12 when this film was being FILMED in August of 1997. Keira was 14 when the film was released in 1999, 2 years later.

[Ravok]

True, my mistake.

[dhoothi]

Of course she's english! Shes never does an american voice ever before LOL

[alexsau91]

ive taken alot and if you had clicked more on the cast list you would have seen her name, type in 'Sabé' to the search bar and change 'all' to charictor. and she is the second one down

[alexsau91]

Actually if you had actually taken notice of the movie that was here decoy, who was played by Kiera Knightly, that charictor you see is sabe

[creampackage]

keira should have been padme from the beginning. Instead george lucas and his impeccable eye for casting picked horse shit.

[FingerFramer]

Sophia Coppola is there somewhere, too.

[sarahkb7]

Sofia Coppola played Naboo Handmaiden Saché

[gunnerbunny]

i would prefer keira over natalie

[CountessGobi]

Very Cool. I never new that Sabe was played by someone else. I just assumed that Sabe was Natalie Portman doing a double role. Thanks for uploading

[LifeisaGlitch]

Jeez, to this day I have issues telling them apart.

lol thats one of the reasons they picked keira for the part because she looks alot like natalie