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Keira Knightley loses her top in the desert

‘Domino’ kissing scene was ‘liberating,’ but guns freaked her out

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
Keira Knightley stars as model-turned-bounty-hunter Domino Harvey in "Domino."
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updated 3:39 p.m. ET Oct. 13, 2005

LOS ANGELES - Kiera Knightley was completely freaked out working with guns, including machine guns, in the movie, “Domino.” It was her first time with guns in a film.

She plays the late, real-life daughter of actor Laurence Harvey, who gave up her privileged life to become a bounty hunter.

What didn’t freak out Knightley was doing a kissing scene topless in the desert.

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Knightley tells AP Radio because she’s European she doesn’t have a problem showing her “top half at all.” She says “it was quite liberating actually to do that in the middle of the desert.”

“Domino” hits theaters Friday.

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