Keira Knightley Recalls Initial Expectations for ‘Bend It Like Beckham’

[hewontgo]

Keira Knightley had incredibly low expectations for what eventually became one of her biggest hits: “I literally remember telling people I was doing it and it’s called ‘Bend It Like Beckham,’ and them going, ‘Oh that’s really embarrassing.'” https://t.co/octjOvu6Gf pic.twitter.com/hL5XVKWSH2
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) March 17, 2023
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[buries]

It's disappointing Parminder and Keira never played lovers in any movie because their chemistry was so great. I think I had a hard time knowing who to ship back in the day because everyone just had such fantastic chemistry.

[izzzzy23]

I love this film so much, I haven’t seen it recently because I think it would make me homesick lol. But it does such a great job of capturing the area it’s set in.

[manu19]

I remember back in the day i did not understand why the movie is called "Bend it" elsewhere and not "Kick it" like here. I was like why is she supposed to bend down for Beckham, is this movie about a groupie trying to have sex with him or something?

[ambermoons]

Glad she doesn't regret it at least. It's one of my favorite movies ever and just objectively a fucking good movie. Parminder Nagra deserved a bigger career and be a big name and I'll always be mad about that!

[babycheeses1]

Should have been Parminder Nagra's breakout moment 😑

Anyways

Also, damn was Jonathan Rhys Meyers beautiful in this movie.

[sarahvma]

The scene where he turns around wearing the white button-down was seared into my teenage brain.

[how_vintage]

What scene is that? Is it when he goes to visit her family?