Keira Knightley Domestic Violence Message PSA

Keira Knightley Stop Domestic Violence

The video above is a public service announcement/ advert thingy starring Keira Knightley.

Likely inspired by the brain-rotting saga between Chris Brown and Rihanna (that nearly saw me whittle my fingers to the bone from all the typing), Knightley has decided to front the eye-opening campaign.

In the two-minute clip, which debuts April 6 in movie theaters, Knightley heads home after a long day of filming. Once there, she is brutally attacked by her boyfriend. The camera pans out, the beating continues, the location is revealed to be an empty film set and the ad reads, “Isn’t it time someone called cut?”

The actress, 24, says she filmed the spot because “while domestic violence exists in every section of society we rarely hear about it…. Domestic violence affects one in four women at some point in their lifetime and kills two women every week.”

You can read more info on the subject and the campaign here.