Knightley thought Pirates of the Caribbean would be a disaster

Actress Keira Knightley once thought that her blockbuster film "Pirates of the Caribbean" would be a disaster.

"Love Actually" director Richard Curtis has revealed that Knightley, who featured in the 2003 romantic comedy, was not sure about the success of the Johnny Depp-starrer, reported Entertainment Weekly.

When we shot the film, I remember Keira Knightley saying that her next project was 'some pirate thing - probably a disaster,'" Curtis said.

The writer-director also mentioned that Andrew Lincoln, who famously professed his love to Knightley with cue cards in "Love Actually," "had never come across, let alone killed, the Walking Dead.