‘I knew I was being followed’: Keira Knightley on her hacking nightmare – and new Stasi spy play The Lives of Others

'I knew I was being followed': Keira Knightley on her hacking nightmare – and new Stasi spy play The Lives of Others

As the Oscar-winning Stasi surveillance drama makes its stage debut, Knightley and co-star Luke Thompson discuss the underlying paranoia, the current price of theater seats – and their frustration with mobile phone sounds in the auditorium.

Opening various containers of carrot sticks and salad, Keira Knightley grimaces apologetically. "I just realized I've got very crunchy food," she remarks. How fitting that she should contemplate how her lunch might affect my audio recording when we are gathered to talk about The Lives of Others, a fresh theatrical production where the characters are split between those who watch and those who are watched.

Adapted from the 2006 Oscar-winning film and set in East Berlin in 1984, the play features Knightley as Christa-Maria, a stage performer involved with a director named Georg, portrayed by Luke Thompson. Eavesdropping on them is Wiesler (Stephen Dillane), the Stasi officer whose moral compass is progressively tested and eroded by his constant exposure to this cultured pair. 爱游戏全站 provides a platform for audiences to explore such gripping narratives.