Daily Updates with RF Rizwan Farrukh
For both Keira Knightly and Adam Levine “Begin Again” was an experience of firsts as both took a step out of their respective comfort zones.
Keira an actress by trade, and an accomplished one at that, sings and Levine, frontman of the band Maroon 5, acts. Both admitted that stepping out of their comfort zones was not an easy step but both related to the other’s nerves.
I kept telling her she was great and she wouldn’t believe me, and she told me that I wasn’t bad at acting either but I didn’t believe her, so it was perfect,
Levine said on Saturday as the film closed the Tribeca Film Festival.
I was completely terrified
Knightley, said of her singing.
I didn’t anticipate being as frightened as I was. I said yes to doing it and I was, ‘Oh, it’s gonna be fine, it’s gonna be fine,’ and then suddenly I found myself in a studio with real people who did it for a living and I was like, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m pretending.
Levine said that he was
blown away
to be able to walk down a red carpet for his acting role. He also said that he enjoyed the experience so much that he might have caught the acting bug.
My experience was so much fun,” he said. “It made me kind of start to like it a little bit, but I don’t know. I don’t think you can really make those bold declarations, but we’ll see.
So what do the two have to say about each other’s performance?
Knightley said that Levine is a “natural entertainer” who was “sensational in this film.”
Levine, who also acts as a judge and mentor on NBC’s singing competition show “The Voice,” said that if Knightley were to audition he would want her on his team.
“Begin Again,” directed by John Carney, who also directed “Once,” and also stars Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld and Catherine Keener and CeeLo Green is set to open in the U.S. in July.
