Keira talks about her dyslexia

Ever wondered what it was like to be a movie star who finds it difficult to read scripts? Pirates of the Caribbean star, Keira Knightley, reveals how acting encouraged her to find a way around her dyslexia.

Keira, who was diagnosed when she was 6, says that 'Dyslexia is like a wall... it's very difficult to see over it.'

'I was really lucky because I had acting... it was like a carrot that was being dangled in front of me because I had to be able to read those lines in order to do it.'

Check out the whole story on the Newsround website.

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