Branagh Praises Knightley in special Variety Coverage

In the "SAG Preview: Actors on Actors," Variety invites top thespians to comment on their colleagues' works. Actor/director Kenneth Branagh's piece on Keira Knightley is nothing short of breathtaking in its enthusiasm, praise and beauty. He writes, "Her effervescence of spirit is tangible and irresistible. Her whole being seems to blaze with a ferocity that is mesmerizing. This is Knightley as we have never seen her before so completely: a mature woman who is also impulsive, troubled, deceitful, sexual, passionate, heartbroken." Then he ends his piece with this lovely conclusion: "Like the novel itself, her work in the role is at once elegant and wild and compelling at every moment. A classic."  

Several other Focus Features performers have been included in this very entertaining series. Read what praise Alan Alda gives up to the talented Laura Linney in HYDE PARK ON HUDSON. Or how Ben Stiller praises the kids in MOONRISE KINGDOM.

In the "SAG Preview: Actors on Actors," Variety invites top thespians to comment on their colleagues' works. Actor/director Kenneth Branagh's piece on Keira Knightley is nothing short of breathtaking in its enthusiasm, praise and beauty. He writes, "Her effervescence of spirit is tangible and irresistible. Her whole being seems to blaze with a ferocity that is mesmerizing. This is Knightley as we have never seen her before so completely: a mature woman who is also impulsive, troubled, deceitful, sexual, passionate, heartbroken." Then he ends his piece with this lovely conclusion: "Like the novel itself, her work in the role is at once elegant and wild and compelling at every moment. A classic."  

Several other Focus Features performers have been included in this very entertaining series. Read what praise Alan Alda gives up to the talented Laura Linney in HYDE PARK ON HUDSON. Or how Ben Stiller praises the kids in MOONRISE KINGDOM.