Keira Knightley Refuses Breast Enhancement For "The Dutchess"

Keira Knightley has refused to allow any enhancement of her cleavage on publicity photos for her upcoming movie, "The Duchess," Britain's Daily Mail reports.

Studio heads reportedly want to enlarge Knightley's bosom in the photos, but the actress, 23, put her foot down.

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Comments

[DaOne]

She's perfect the way she is.

[Fein]

This is my favorite News Headline, EVER!

Seriously; the sexual stereotyping of women in media is repugnant

[benhessler]

Is the t in "Dutchess" wordplay I don't get or just a typo?

[ESerafina42]

No - it's just a symptom of the incredibly bad headline writers, who obviously can't even be bothered either to spell check the one thing that EVERYONE is going to see, whether they read the story or not, or to correct it.

[FCorey]

I applaud her for NOT allowing herself to be sold as a sex object. This is not porn, its a regular movie. As a graphic artist I LOATHE airbrushing people unless its a boogie on your shirt or red-eye from a flash.

Love yourself.

I was already an admirer of Knightley, but now I am a fan.
Plus she has a beautiful face and a cute little rump. lol.
};)

[mergina]

GOOD FOR YOU (((KEIRA))) Love your 'take me as I am' answer to those implants.

[tainoaz]

Good for you Keira!
I am a male that believes all women are beautiful as they come into this world.
I avoid breast enhanced women and feel much pity for them:(
I have my faults, I know, but something about such a drastic surgery to achieve ?
Sorry ladies but small breasted woman rock my world!!!

[Moka11]

"I have my faults"? Dude, this isn't a dating site!. Your comment belongs in a personal ad on Craigslist. "Sorry ladies" ??? OMG!! Join match.com or eharmony or rent "40 yr. Old Virgin!

[ESerafina42]

And good for YOU, tainoaz. Moka11 probably either has surgically enhanced breasts (if female) or ONLY dates women who have them (if male).

[PixieLeeInOC]

Now if only she would insist on having all published pictures of her showing her with her mouth closed, which is impossible since it NEVER is. Like Angelina Jolie, any photograph showing a mouth that's not provocatively open is as rare as a Honus Wagner baseball card.

[Megs528]

I think that it is wonderful that Kiera has taken this stand. I was already a fan, but now I'm diehard. She's a beautiful woman and a wonderful actress. Her bust size growing is not about the character, it's about what tptb think she should look like, and if that was going to be an issue then they should not have gotten her for the role. I don't go to the movies to see my favorite actors and actresses measurements I go to see a movie a story, and Kiera is one of the best actresses and that is why she was hired. Her bust is not essential to the role, and I'm glad she's taking a stand saying so.

[elan4444]

Thank you Kiera. I am emailing this to everybody. I can't believe how many girls are actually willing to go under anasthesia just to look like pop culture says they should. (Cartoonish) I don't think you cannurse a baby afterward - one of life's most lovely occurrences.

[henrydavidthrow]

Breast enhancement is no big deal. I had it for a community theater production of "Death of a Salesman." I was Willie Loman.

[doctorwang]

??!!!!

(funny!)

[nogimmicks]

She just needs a good old-fashioned pregnancy.

[RRonin]

They could use Helen Mirren as a body double. She's FORTY years older than Knightley and has a better figure and is a whole lot sexier!

[LightningJoe]

Oooh, RRonin --

Nice take on that enduring stereotype, the depersonalization of women.

Really, you do it so well! One would think you really DON'T get the whole point of Knightly's stand against our collective culture's female-bod­y-fixation­.

(RReally, RRonin -- "The Queen??")

[oskerfosker]

Anyone notice that her midriff has also been remodeled? It's narrower in the second photo.

[sf101]

So the next questions are, what do you call this important job?:

studio enhancer
scenic enhancement specialist
hot babe body enhancer

And, continuity is the key. Which would lots of late night sessions to make sure you get it right :).

[cpscscs]

Shouldn't Elizabeth Hasselbeck be in this piece somehow? She is the one who is always talking about breasts.