Keira Knightley says she won’t return to Pirates of the Caribbean because the franchise destroyed her reputation. “I was seen as shit 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.” “It’s a funny thing when you have something that was making and breaking you at the same time.” “They were the most successful films I’ll ever be a part of, and they were the reason that I was taken down publicly. So they’re a very confused place in my head.” Knightley also says the productions consumed years of her life. “The hours are insane. It’s years of your life, you have no control over where you’re filming, how long you’re filming, what you’re filming.”