Monday, 17th September 2007 (2570 views)

Clumsy actress Keira Knightley had to ask permission to break a gold necklace when the clasp became jammed on the set of the period drama Atonement.

The £20,000 necklace, on loan from Chanel, caused the crew to halt filming for 45 minutes when the actress found she could not remove it after shooting a key scene.

Eventually, Knightley's assistants had to contact the jeweller's headquarters in Paris.

"We had to phone Chanel to ask if we could just break it," she said sheepishly.

Chanel loaned more than £100,000 worth of jewellery for the film, according to the Sunday Mail, including the onyx and white gold necklace.

Hortense Izac, a spokeswoman for Chanel, told the newspaper that jewellery plays an integral part in the film.

"In one scene Keira has a small star in her hair and she loses it in the carpet and ultimately something happens because of that."

The newspaper reported that the necklace was returned to Chanel for repair.

 

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