Keira Knightley

Some celebs bulk up for a role, lose some weight, maybe brush up on a foreign accent..but other celebs take their movie roles VERY seriously. So seriously in fact that they do some weird sh-t, like bleaching their eyebrows, living in a homeless shelter, or refusing to eat food for months.

Check out the weird prep work that some celebs did to win a role.

Rooney Mara: In order to get the role of Lisbeth Salander in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Rooney Mara had to get her eyebrows bleached, her hair chopped off, and her lip, brow, nose, and nipple pierce all on the same day. She called the multiple piercing visit, “very intense.”

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Everyone is either breaking up or getting knocked up. Keira Knightley and her longtime boyfriend have decided to call it quits and claim the split is "mutual." Don't they always?!

Keira and Rupert Friend called it quits around Christmas after five years together. That's more than most Hollywood marriages!

Keira's father Will Knightley told The Sun newspaper: "Yes, they have broken up. But that's the way things go, unfortunately. I've spoken to her recently. The only option is to get on with things.

"They were together for quite a long time and it is always hard breaking up. She's focused on her work."

They met on the set of 'Pride and Prejudice' back in 2005 and started dating shortly after. Apparently Keira's fame was a huge issue in the relationship.

A friend said: "Rupert hates the idea of being followed or photographed. Keira partially had to accept it because of her rising profile. It affected the harmony in the relationship. The pressure on such private people took its toll and both decided they should go their separate ways. They will remain life-long friends."

That explains why Keira has been so MIA the last couple of years. Time to get back on that horse girl!

Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan star in the film Never Let Me Go, which was originally a novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro.

The plot is as follows:

As children, Ruth (Knightley), Kathy (Mulligan) and Tommy (Garfield), spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.

Nevet Let Me Go opens in limited theaters on October 1.

Keira Knightley may be at the top of her game, but critics still refuse to accept her as a respectable actress.

Keira talks to Elle for their March issue about criticism of her acting skills, the importance of honesty in her life, and hew upcoming roles. Here are some highlights from the interview:

On criticism of her acting skills:
"Oh, they still say that! Every time I do an interview with the English press, one of their questions is, 'How do you feel knowing that everyone thinks you're a s*** actress?'"

On surrounding herself with people who tell her the truth:
"You have to be selective about the people whose advice and opinions you take. I know [my parents] would never tell me I was s*** because they were trying to hurt me. It would always come from a very sincere place."

On her other upcoming film "Last Night":
"When we were making it, the arguments on set were just amazing about whether mental infidelity is better or worse than physical infidelity. There was a huge gender divide on the question. Every single woman said that mental infidelity is 10 times worse than [an emotionless assignation]. And most men I spoke with said that it's the physical act that would be the ultimate betrayal."

On her character in The Misanthrope:
“Jennifer’s kind of a crazy mix of being a complete bitch—confident and terrifying—yet she’s incredibly young and is probably being exploited way more than she actually realizes.” On criticism of her acting skills: “Oh, they still say that! Every time I do an interview with the English press, one of their questions is, ‘How do you feel knowing that everyone thinks you’re a **** actress?’ ”

On surrounding herself by people who tell her the unvarnished truth:
“You have to be selective about the people whose advice and opinions you take. I know [my parents] would never tell me I was **** because they were trying to hurt me. It would always come from a very sincere place.”