Keira Knightley was originally assigned to play the character of Caitlin Thomas in her upcoming flick The Edge of Love penned specially for her by her screenwriter mom Sharman MacDonald untill she refused to play the character.

Macdonald narrated Keira the role of Caitlin Thomas but she went against the ideas of her mother to play the part of Vera. Macdonald had to convert the character of Vera Phillips according to Keira’s liking.

Macdonald revealed, “I said, ‘You’re playing Caitlin (to Keira

Knightley),’ and she said, ‘No, I like Vera.’”

“She (Vera Phillips) wasn’t even a singer until Keira decided to play her.”

Vera Phillips plays the love interest of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in the movie The Edge of Love that is based of the Welsh poet’s life.

The movie is going to premiere on 18th June at the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland.

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Original post by Mystique