Keira Knightley Reveals Why She Was Embarrassed by Bend It Like Beckham | The Tonight Show

-Keira, welcome back to... Yes, they love you. -Wow! Hey! -Yeah! -Look... people. -People. -People. Its not cute? Isn't it the greatest thing in the world? Best audience ever. -Yes, the people are great. Yes Yes. You look fantastic. How are you? How is the family? -The family is good. -Yes, they are good, yes. -You know, they are... Yes, they are fine. -How old are the children now? -3 and 7. -I love it. -Yes, they were trying... They are not happy that I am here. -They are not? -No. I said, "I have to go to New York." They said, "Why?" I said, "Well, I'll be on TV." And my 3 year old son doesn't understand that.

My 3 year old son says, "On TV?" And I say, "Yes." And she says: "But how do you get to television?" "Well, in New York I'm on television." But, you know... so, but... -Yes, it's a camera. Yeah, you can't explain it. -Yes, the whole camera thing... They couldn't explain it. -No. What are they up to now? -Oh, rainbow unicorns. -Yeah. Rainbow unicorns. -All. All rainbow unicorns. -I had a feeling you'd say they like that. -Yeah. -Would you like... -Oh, look. -Just in case... -Do I do it for her? Because she actually told me, "If you're going to be on TV, you have to dress like a rainbow unicorn." And I said, "Well, obviously I'm not going to do that." - Yeah! -Then yes. -Mom of the year! -Mom of the year. -Your mom loves you very much! -Good?

Delilah Belle Righton, I love you. Can I take it off now? -Yeah. Yes of course. Yes of course. It was just for your daughter. -Thanks thanks. I'm aware of. -Do you understand why you are on "da television"? -I mean, yes, I have tried to explain the movies. In fact, you've seen one of... I did a version of "The Nutcracker" a few years ago in which I play a psychotic pink pie. And then... And then, they saw that. -Wow. -Yes, but he didn't like that at all. She told me, "A, you should dress in rainbows." And she said, "Why are you so angry?" And I said, "I don't know." And then to the other one, I tried to

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her "Pirates of the Caribbean." She watched for 10 minutes.

She was too terrified. She said, "No... I don't want to see you doing that." -Actually? -Yes, she was not impressed. But do you know what she also said? She said, "No, I don't like you with that. You're too pretty." I was like, “Oh.” But she said, "But don't worry, you're not anymore." - -Wow! Brutal. -"Mwah! Go to sleep, go to sleep." Good? -Yes, "I love you, I love you." -Yeah. "You were cute for a second." -Yes, exactly. -Have any of them

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n any interest in acting? -No. No. I actually asked him. I said, "You know, do it...

You know, is that something?" We took her to the theater. I said, "Is that something you want to do?" She was like, "No!" I said, "Why not?" She said, "All those people were looking at you!" And I said, "You know, I'm very proud." -Yeah. Yes, yes, good. Don't get involved. -"Good point." -Yeah. -Yeah. -You started acting at about 7 years old, right? -I did... 6, yes. -6. In something called, I mean, "Royal Celebration"? -Was. It was called "A Royal Celebration." I don't think I've done much. I think I ran in and said, "Mom, Dad." You know, but I loved it. -Did you have any... "Mommy, daddy," were your lines? -I mean, I don't remember.

I remember very few lines. I remember there were marks on the floor where you had to hit when you were acting in a movie, and I remember mine was green, and I was so happy that I hit my mark and just stood there. -And it was about Princess Diana and Charles? -It was a street party the day Charles and Diana got married. -Wow. -Yeah. -This was your acting debut? -This was my acting debut, yes. -We found the clip. We have it. Your acting debut. -No. -And you had a line. -I did? -Yeah. Here's 6-year-old Keira Knightley making her acting debut in "Royal Celebration." Look at this. -...her new life together. -Here, here, here, here! -Everyone was waiting. -Wow! -Wow!

Wow, yes. I mean, I had a word that I repeated many times. So, clearly, I milked it. Yes. -"Here, here, here, here!" -Yeah. -And then crushing cut... totally different. -Gloomy. -You already finished your only line. -Yes Yes Yes. Outside. -Right... We were looking at IMDb today, and just 20 years ago, almost to the same day, "Bend It Like Beckham" was released. It's not crazy? I feel like you made that movie yesterday. Did you know it was going to be a big success? Or did you feel like it was going to be your escape? -No. No, no, I mean, I literally remember telling people I was doing it and saying, you know, "It's called 'Bend It Like Beckham,'" and they were like, "Oh, that's really embarrassing." -Actually? -Well.

Yes Yes. No, it was... no. And everyone was like, "Don't worry. No one will see it. It's okay." -"Don't worry. No one will see it." -Yes Yes Yes. No, it was... No, but it was the idea, because you know women's football wasn't that big back then. -Yeah. -And so the idea of ​​the whole thing was kind of ridiculous. And it's surprising, because it's still the movie, even today, you know, if someone comes up to me and talks to me about my work, that's it. It is so loved. -Yeah. -It's like... it's amazing. -Yes, he is loved.

But you've done a great job. -Thank you. -I want to talk about your new one, "Boston Strangler." It will be out on Hulu this Friday. It is based on the true story. How much did you know about the story? -I really didn't know much. He had obviously heard about it. -Yeah. - So, but actually, I read the script and thought, "Wow. This is such a complicated story. And so interesting." And what I didn't realize is that there are two female journalists right at the center of the story. And in fact, when you Google it, you know, it was the two of them that really went after it.

First they linked the murders. They even called the killer "The Boston Strangler." And yet, when you Google it, a part of that history has largely been erased. So, it felt like a really interesting piece, you know, it's true crime. It felt... it was great to see it through that female gaze and put these two journalists in the center. -And it's filmed in Boston. And if. Did you do a Boston accent? -No. -That's a smart decision. -Well, I wanted to do the Boston accent. - Who convinced you? -The director said: "Abso--" He's from Boston. -Oh yeah. No, people from Boston... -No.

You can't... I mean, if you weren't from the street in Boston where the character was from, you weren't allowed to use the Boston accent. So all the actors were like, "Boston accent! It's our time!" -You say: "No, no, no, no! No, but everyone has made this mistake!" -Yes, yes, no, they didn't allow us. So it's a standard American accent. There is no Boston. -It's a very smart move that you did that. I was in a Boston movie. I didn't do a Boston accent, but I did when my character got excited. As a real-- -Yes. Do you have it there? -Oh yeah. -Actually? -If my character was drunk or excited, he would throw him a Boston. -You threw it away.

And no one said: "You are not allowed"? -No, it worked. It was perfect. In fact, he was yelling it. Because Boston, you can't screw it up. -No, You can not. -And live forever. And they'll meet you on the street and say, "That accent was terrible." -Yes Yes Yes. -Yes Yes Yes. They are very expressive about it. -Yelling at you from the windows of Dunkin' Donuts. Yes absolutely. -Yes Yes Yes. -I want to show a clip. Here's Keira Knightley in "Boston Strangler." Have a look. -They will not coordinate with other police departments. Connections are being lost and good leads are being lost. -Isn't something to be expected from that? -We are much beyond that.

Oh, I'm sorry, Jack. Am I keeping you awake? -Will you cut the ya? What is the history? -The city cannot protect its women. -Come on. -That? You don't think it's true or you don't think it's a story? -What the hell happens to you? You can't chase someone's livelihood because you're impatient. -10 women are dead, and they have no idea. -You don't have a story. You have a grudge. -How many women have to die for it to be a story? -That's enough. These are good men who work their asses off. I'm not waging war on the police department. -Yeah.

Keira Knightley, everyone. "Boston Strangler" is available on Hulu this Friday. Zachary Levi joins us after the break. Everyone stay.