Keira Knightley's Video for Anti-Domestic Violence PSA Cut

Mon, 27 April 2009 22:02:27 ET

British television advertising, Clearcast, has decided to cut several scenes at the end of Keira Knightley's video for anti-domestic violence PSA.

Keira Knightley's video for a new anti-domestic violence public service announcement (PSA) will be censored. One of U.K.'s biggest television advertisings, Clearcast, considers the video too brutal to be broadcast on TV. Thus, the advertising company will cut several scenes at the end of the video.

However, the creator of the PSA, U.K. domestic abuse charity Women's Aid, insists that the video is just an "accurate portrayal of domestic abuse", so it has asked the advertising company to relaunch the anti-domestic violence PSA. "We were very careful to reflect what we had heard [about domestic abuse] from anecdotal evidence," Lucy Brown, the charity's spokeswoman says, adding that the video has been viewed on line for more than 1 million times and receives positive responses from public since it was aired on April 6.

Early this month, Keira Knightley starred in a new PSA aimed to stop domestic violence. In the PSA, the movie beauty is seen being brutally attacked by her beau, who thinks she has an affair with a co-star.

Arriving at home from shooting, Keira is welcomed by her mad boyfriend who suddenly throws clothes right on her face. Giving her no time to say anything, the guy soon slaps her until she falls into the floor. Then, he continues kicking her body for several times.

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