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When it comes to Christmas movies, Keira Knightley is stumped as to why her vintage flick, Love Actually, has become a holiday mainstay.

“I have no idea,” she told the Sun in an interview earlier this year, breaking into a long pause. “I’ve actually only seen it once, at the premiere,” she chuckled, “so I’m not the person to ask.”

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Depicting 10 intersecting romantic storylines, the Richard Curtis-directed film, which was released 16 years ago, has gone on to become a Christmas classic.

Knightley’s plotline saw her character, Julia, enjoying newly-wedded bliss with Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Little did she realize that Peter’s best friend Mark (Andrew Lincoln) was madly in love with her.

Aloof and distant, Mark continually pushed Julia away. Only to reveal his true affection on her and Peter’s doorstep come Christmastime.

That reveal led Lincoln to tell Entertainment Weeklythat he thought Mark came across as a “weird stalker guy.”