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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Iris Goldsztajn

'Love Actually' Casting Director Admits Keira Knightley Was "Too Young for the Part" of Juliet

Mark (Andrew Lincoln) from Love Actually holding up Merry Christmas sign.

Love Actually would absolutely have not been the same without Keira Knightley, but many people have pointed out over the years since it was released that, at 18, the actress was really quite young to be playing a newly married woman.

In a new interview, the movie's casting director, Fiona Weir, has agreed with this assessment, but while maintaining that Knightley was—obviously—still a fantastic choice for the film.

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