UNITED KINGDOM: Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller attend the London Premiere of 'The Edge of Love'

Record ID: 220464

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller attend the London Premiere of 'The Edge of Love'
  • Date: 26th June 2008
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 19, 2008) (REUTERS) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) VARIOUS OF SIENNA MILLER POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AT AT PREMIERE (3 SHOTS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS SIENNA MILLER SAYING: "That's good, people really seem to like it, I think as a piece of work it's really beautiful, I think John's done an amazing job with it and to have four actors and it being a collaboration, there's no kind of lead, it's a really beautiful piece of film-making." CUTAWAY OF SIENNA MILLER TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) SIENNA MILLER ON WHETHER HER FRIENDSHIP WITH KNIGHTLEY AFFECTED PERFORMANCE, SAYING: "I think inevitably it did but you know, you meet people and you click and we just always got along really well and are similar in a lot of ways. And it's really nice to have someone who does the same thing and to be able to do scenes with another woman, I mean it's really rare that you have two strong female characters and, yeah, it's been great. We're very close."
  • Embargoed: 11th July 2008 13:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA2BAEOJRRG1JZ7HQGVVZJ8HNYC
  • Story Text: A whirlwind five day publicity blitz for Keira Knightly and Sienna Miller for their film 'The Edge of Love' ended with the film's London premiere on Thursday night (June 19, 2008).
    The film follows the overlapping relationships between married night-club singer Vera Killick, played by Knightley, her old childhood sweetheart, poet Dylan Thomas, played by Matthew Rhys, and Thomas' wife, Sienna Miller.
    The two women's relationship with each other intensifies as Vera's passion for Thomas is rekindled. When her Army Captain husband (played by Cillian Murphy) returns home from the war to find that his wife as squandered his army pay to support Dylan, scandal ensues.
    The movie was written by Sharman McDonald, Knightley's mother.
    During the publicity leading up to the film's premiere, much has been made in the press of Miller an Knightley's of screen friendship - the two having often been photographed laughing side by side at events.
    Asked whether her friendship with her co-star informed the portrayal of the intense relationship between their characters, Miller said:
    "I think inevitably it did but you know, you meet people and you click and we just always got along really well and are similar in a lot of ways. And it's really nice to have someone who does the same thing and to be able to do scenes with another woman, I mean it's really rare that you have two strong female characters and, yeah, it's been great," she told Reuters "We're very close."
    'The Edge of Love' opens across UK cinemas on June 20.
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