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But if a female director was behind the camera,
that might be a different matter, the "Pirates of the Caribbean"
star said in a podcast.
"I feel very uncomfortable now trying to portray the male gaze.
Saying that, there's times where I go, 'Yeah, I completely see
where this sex would be really good in this film and you
basically just need somebody to look hot,'" Knightley said in a
conversation with director Lulu Wang in a Chanel Connects
podcast.
"So therefore you can use somebody else, because I'm too vain
and the body has had two children now and I'd just rather not
stand in front of a group of men naked," she added.
The British actress, 35, added a no-nudity clause to her
contract after having children, saying she was more vocal now
than she had been as a breakout star in her early 20s in movies
like "Pride and Prejudice" and "Atonement."
"If I was making a story that was about that journey of
motherhood and body acceptance, I feel like, I'm sorry, but that
would have to be with a female film-maker," Knightley said. "I
don't have an absolute ban, but I kind of do with men."
"I don't want it to be those horrible sex scenes where you're
all greased up and everybody is grunting. I'm not interested in
doing that," she added.
Knightley gave birth to her second child with musician James
Righton in 2019.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Richard Chang)
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