British drama The Edge of Love premiered in the U.K. last week at the Edinburgh Film Festival, and as a result its stars Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley have been posing for photographers. AfterEllen.com blogger StuntDouble was kind enough to share some of the pictures with me, including this one from the Edinburgh premiere:

And this one from the London premiere:

Set in the 1940s and focusing on a few years in the life of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, the film features Miller as Thomas’s wife Caitlin MacNamara, and Knightley as his former flame Vera Phillips.

Although actors Matthew Rhys (who plays Thomas) and Cillian Murphy (who plays Vera’s husband Captain William Killick) have important roles in the film, the marketing department has pretty clearly decided that the key selling point is the combined wattage of Knightley and Miller’s star power:

Looking at the poster, I can’t help suspecting that the marketing department is also trying to play up to the tabloid rumors of a lesbian liaison between the two women in the film. Those rumors have swirled ever since back in 2006, when Lindsay Lohan (who was then attached to star in Miller’s role) told MTV that “there’s somewhat of a lesbian undertone” in the relationship between Caitlin and Vera. Although screenwriter Sharman Macdonald (who also happens to be Keira’s mum) subsequently denied that the film would feature any overt lesbian sexuality, the possibility of Sapphic subtext was enough for me to keep an interested eye on the project. … continue reading

I blogged last month about the U.K. June release date for upcoming British film The Edge of Love, starring Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley. A biopic about the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, Edge features Miller as his wife, Caitlin MacNamara, and Knightley as his former flame, Vera Phillips.

The movie has been on my radar – or rather my gaydar – since 2006, when Lindsay Lohan (who was then attached to star in Sienna Miller’s role) told MTV, “[Keira] is older than me, but she kind of has a mysterious relationship with my lover. And then there’s somewhat of a lesbian undertone.”

Although scriptwriter Sharman Macdonald (who is also Keira’s mum) has since made it clear that there won’t be any overt physical relationship between Knightley and Miller’s characters, all the suggestions have been that the emotional relationship between them will be central to the story. … continue reading

One of my most anticipated movies of 2008 now has a U.K. release date. The Edge of Love — a biopic about the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, starring Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller and scripted by Knightley's mother, Sharman Macdonald — will be the opening night film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 18. It will open in London two days later, and then across the U.K. June 27.

Why all this anticipation, I hear you ask? Well, if for no other reason, I'd be excited by this movie as a chance to see two actresses I really like together on-screen. With apologies to those people — and I know there are quite a lot of them, especially people from Pittsburgh — who find Sienna Miller madly annoying, I actually think that she's quite a good actress. And, no, it doesn't hurt that she looks like she does. (It doesn't hurt that Keira Knightley looks like she does, either.)

Adding to my interest, though, is the hint that the relationship between their characters might not be entirely platonic. In the film, Knightley plays Vera Phillips, a singer and former flame of Dylan Thomas', while Miller plays the poet's wife, Caitlin MacNamara.

Lindsay Lohan was originally attached to star in Miller's role, and back in 2006 she told MTV: "[Keira] is older than me, but she kind of has a mysterious relationship with my lover. And then there's somewhat of a lesbian undertone." … continue reading