Updated 08 August 2003, 18.18

Keira: Give us a bit of detail?! He kissed, I kissed, the sun set, it's all very romantic, we have fabulous clothes, he had a big feather in his hair and it's all good.

Lizo: How long did it take to film that scene? Did you keep on having to do extra takes just to make sure you got it absolutely spot on?

Keira: Obviously we had to get the feel of the kiss completely right so we did it six or seven times, it took several hours, lovely!

Lizo: And they were paying you to make this movie?

Keira: Yeah, they were paying me to kiss Orlando Bloom and get stuck on an island with Johnny Depp, somebody has to do it!

Lizo: Since we last saw you in Bend It Like Beckham, suddenly you're the female lead in this huge Hollywood blockbuster, what's that like?

Keira: It's very good, you know going from a movie like Bend It Like Beckham which was, I mean, no budget. Let alone low budget to a big monster of a movie like this! You can't really get much bigger than a Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster, so it's very exciting.

Lizo: In this kind of movie you often get the female lead not having that much to do - they get kidnapped, rescued, kidnapped again and rescued. But that wasn't quite like that for you, was it?

Keira: Oh absolutely no! Elizabeth Swan, the character I play in Pirates of the Caribbean, definitely gives as good as she gets. She's a 21st century girl stuck in an 18th century world, and she kicks back, which was great.

Lizo: What were you like when you were at school dreaming of being an actress?

Keira: I was a swot. I was always at the front of the class, I always had my hand up. I got all my homework done on time, I never even had a detention! I feel really ashamed of myself; it's the most boring thing ever!

Lizo: And then how did [your career] this happen?

Keira: I don't know. I got Pirates of the Caribbean in the kind of normal way, my agent phoned and said: 'Do you want to go up for this movie?' and I said: 'Yes'.

Lizo: What do you do in your free time?

Keira: I go and see lots of movies and shop too much, meet girlfriends and all that kind of stuff.

Lizo: And what's all this stuff we've been reading about in the magazines about how you can't get a boyfriend?

Keira: No, no, I've never been chatted up, I'm waiting for a cheesy chat-up line so if anybody's got any, please send then in!

Lizo: Yes, send them into the website at the web address.

Keira: Lovely!

Lizo: And what's next for you after all this kind of swash and buckling?

Keira: I'm off to play Guinevere in King Arthur ... it should be really fun, I can't wait, that's why my hair's black.

Lizo: You were in Star Wars and Bend It Like Beckham but were you expecting success this quickly?

Keira: No no no! I've been very lucky in all of the parts that I've got. Who knows what's going to happen tomorrow but today is very good and I'm enjoying it.

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