Post by kcknight on May 7, 2009 14:41:52 GMT -5
Rupert Friend's Keira camera contact
May 7, 2009, 9:45 GMT
Keira Knightley and her boyfriend Rupert Friend use web cameras to keep their relationship alive.
The 'Cheri' actor - who has been dating Keira since they starred together in 2005's 'Pride and Prejudice' - admits it is difficult to be apart when they are working on different film projects, so the pair have come up with a modern way to keep in contact.
When asked how he and Keira make their relationship work, Rupert told BANG Showbiz: "We use Skype? old school!"
The 27-year-old actor also relies on the computer programme - which allows users to speak to and watch each other using microphones and web cameras - to contact friends in England.
He explained at the UK premiere of his latest movie 'Cheri' at London's Cine lumiere, Institut Francais last night (06.05.09): "I use the computer to keep in touch with everybody. I don't really know anything about computers but I think email and things like that are pretty great inventions."
However, Rupert insists he is an old romantic at heart and believes handwritten letters are the best way to keep the spark alive in a relationship.
He said: "I love letters. So actually, I take all that back. It is probably a far more romantic idea to go away to sea and write letters.
"But my handwriting is terrible, almost illegible. So I have to go really slowly, and I think faster when I write. So my writing goes away from me and is really not very good."
Rupert also revealed he was delighted to work alongside 51-year-old Michelle Pfeiffer in 'Cheri', which tells the story of an affair between a retired courtesan and her younger lover.
He said: "I enjoyed it very much. I got to spend three wonderful months in France, in bed with Michelle Pfeiffer!"
Rupert Friend alone at premiere
May 7, 2009
Michelle Pfeiffer was absent from the London premiere of Cheri, leaving co-star Rupert Friend the centre of attention - especially as his girlfriend Keira Knightley was ill at home.
In the Stephen Frears film, Michelle plays a French courtesan who falls in love with Cheri (played by Rupert), the son of one of her colleagues.
On filming love scenes with his 51-year-old co-star, 27-year-old Rupert said: "It's very important that you sort of have a trust and we established that very early on off screen, and it made doing the love scenes a lot more comfortable and funny, they were a lot of fun, funnier than I thought they were gonna be."
Rupert added that he felt privileged to make a love story with such an attractive woman.
"Well in a way I think the age is irrelevant, I think Michelle is a brilliant actress and an incredibly beautiful woman so I felt very, very lucky," he said.
But that didn't stop Rupert from feeling nervous before shooting.
He said: "When you learn that you are going to be playing opposite one of the best actresses in the world, and then the supporting cast with Kathy Bates and Felicity Jones is also incredibly exciting. So I was simultaneously thrilled, excited and very frightened.
"It's like taking your clothes off in public, it's very humiliating in some ways and yet exhilarating in other ways."
Asked if he had invited Keira to the premiere, Rupert said: "I did but she is not very well so she couldn't make it."
May 7, 2009, 9:45 GMT
Keira Knightley and her boyfriend Rupert Friend use web cameras to keep their relationship alive.
The 'Cheri' actor - who has been dating Keira since they starred together in 2005's 'Pride and Prejudice' - admits it is difficult to be apart when they are working on different film projects, so the pair have come up with a modern way to keep in contact.
When asked how he and Keira make their relationship work, Rupert told BANG Showbiz: "We use Skype? old school!"
The 27-year-old actor also relies on the computer programme - which allows users to speak to and watch each other using microphones and web cameras - to contact friends in England.
He explained at the UK premiere of his latest movie 'Cheri' at London's Cine lumiere, Institut Francais last night (06.05.09): "I use the computer to keep in touch with everybody. I don't really know anything about computers but I think email and things like that are pretty great inventions."
However, Rupert insists he is an old romantic at heart and believes handwritten letters are the best way to keep the spark alive in a relationship.
He said: "I love letters. So actually, I take all that back. It is probably a far more romantic idea to go away to sea and write letters.
"But my handwriting is terrible, almost illegible. So I have to go really slowly, and I think faster when I write. So my writing goes away from me and is really not very good."
Rupert also revealed he was delighted to work alongside 51-year-old Michelle Pfeiffer in 'Cheri', which tells the story of an affair between a retired courtesan and her younger lover.
He said: "I enjoyed it very much. I got to spend three wonderful months in France, in bed with Michelle Pfeiffer!"
Rupert Friend alone at premiere
May 7, 2009
Michelle Pfeiffer was absent from the London premiere of Cheri, leaving co-star Rupert Friend the centre of attention - especially as his girlfriend Keira Knightley was ill at home.
In the Stephen Frears film, Michelle plays a French courtesan who falls in love with Cheri (played by Rupert), the son of one of her colleagues.
On filming love scenes with his 51-year-old co-star, 27-year-old Rupert said: "It's very important that you sort of have a trust and we established that very early on off screen, and it made doing the love scenes a lot more comfortable and funny, they were a lot of fun, funnier than I thought they were gonna be."
Rupert added that he felt privileged to make a love story with such an attractive woman.
"Well in a way I think the age is irrelevant, I think Michelle is a brilliant actress and an incredibly beautiful woman so I felt very, very lucky," he said.
But that didn't stop Rupert from feeling nervous before shooting.
He said: "When you learn that you are going to be playing opposite one of the best actresses in the world, and then the supporting cast with Kathy Bates and Felicity Jones is also incredibly exciting. So I was simultaneously thrilled, excited and very frightened.
"It's like taking your clothes off in public, it's very humiliating in some ways and yet exhilarating in other ways."
Asked if he had invited Keira to the premiere, Rupert said: "I did but she is not very well so she couldn't make it."
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