We hope Keira Knightley had a good time at the Pirates of the Caribbean premiere…

…because, in all the excitement, she never got around to generating an actual, genuine-looking smile.

Look, Keira, we get the whole “I have terrific cheekbones” thing that you’ve read about yourself eight dozen times. We know that coming across as sunken, aloof and reserved is, for reasons that have been created far outside the boundaries of reality, supposed to be attractive. We understand that you’re British, which maybe is not all that fun.

But you’re at a movie premiere. For a big budget, dopey Disney summer tentpole property that has been created at no small expense, purely for the sake of fun. It’s not a British Heroine With Consumption drama; it’s not a Brave English Actress Affects an American Accent for a Big Issues Movie.

You’re in a movie with pirates and tentaclemen. Could you maybe look like you’re having fun? Perhaps just while the pictures are being taken? You know, all those flashy things that follow you around?

It’s just this: you’re an actress, apparently. So when you’re posing with Mickey Mouse, you really ought to try conjuring something a little more acting-ly than this stiff, painfully uncomfortable, creepy horror-like rictus.

(pictures via Hollywood Grind)