If you think Elizabeth Swann had had it with wobbly-legged, rum-soaked pirates, then wait until you hear what Keira Knightley has to say. While not exactly ungrateful for her time making the first three films in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, she remains conflicted on the impact they had on her career.

Keira Knightley – who played Swann in The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End – said that while Pirates of the Caribbean offered her opportunities she wouldn’t have otherwise gotten, they also made her feel like she was walking the plank. “It’s a funny thing when you have something that was making and breaking you at the same time. I was seen as sh*t because of them, and yet because they did so well I was given the opportunity to do the films that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for,...