Keira Knightley has insisted that she can’t walk in heels anymore and will never wear a crop top again.

The actress, 39, has reflected on her iconic noughties fashion in a new interview on Sunday where she declared: ‘It was all about my midriff!’

She was known for wearing tiny tops, low slung denim and skinny scarves after bursting into the spotlight in her late teens. 

One of her most famous roles also includes playing Juliette in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham where she was often seen wearing a sports bra.

She told The Times that she recently saw a group of teenage girls on the tube wearing a similar style and thought: ‘I was like, ‘Hang on, are they my clothes?’ 

‘I don’t have the midriff any more, so it’s not coming out.’

Keira Knightley has insisted that she can’t walk in heels anymore and will never wear a crop top again (seen in 2003)

One of her most famous roles includes playing Juliette in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham where she was often seen wearing a sports bra

The Atonement star, is married to musician James Righton, 41, and the couple share children Edie, nine, and Delilah, four. 

Since having kids she told how she has a much more practical style and loves her Dr Martens boots more than anything.

She told the publication: ‘I’ve got a brown pair and a black pair, and it’s very hard to ever take them off. I’ve no idea how to walk in heels any more.’

Keira was speaking to the publication to promote her new series Black Doves.

Last month Black Doves released its first trailer for the upcoming Netflix series which sees Keira and Sarah Lancashire take on leading roles as spy and spymaster.

It gave fans their first taste of the new thriller, which follows Keira’s character Helen Webb as an agent pᴀssing on secrets of her politician husband [Andrew Buchan].

Keira is a spy for the Black Doves organisation, headed up by the enigmatic Reed [Sarah], and has been giving them political information for 10 years.

Helen’s secret lover Jason [Andrew Koji] is ᴀssᴀssinated and Reed informs her that her position in the organisation may have been compromised. 

Her theory is proved right when Keira is attacked by ᴀssailants, only to be saved by a friend from her past, Sam Young, played by Ben Whishaw.

The actress, 39, has reflected on her iconic noughties fashion in a new interview on Sunday where she declared: ‘It was all about my midriff!’

She was known for wearing tiny tops, low slung denim and skinny scarves after bursting into the spotlight in her late teens (seen in 2002)

She told The Times that she recently saw a group of teenage girls on the tube wearing a similar style and thought: ‘I was like, ‘Hang on, are they my clothes?’

Sam is a suave, Champagne-drinking ᴀssᴀssin but has been out of the game since a failed job with disastrous consequences.

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As his past threatens to catch up with him, his task is to protect Helen as she investigates who killed Jason and why. 

Helen then makes Sam promise to keep her alive and keep her family safe, so she has time to find out who killed Jason and take her revenge on them.

Netflix fans already ‘can’t wait’ for the must-watch spy thriller which arrives to screens on December 5 with six episodes, set against the backdrop of London at Christmas.

Helen and Sam set off on a mission that will lead them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy.

One that links the murky underworld of London to a looming geopolitical crisis – and leads them to question the cost of the moral choices they’ve made.

The Netflix series is written by Joe Barton and Keira is listed as an executive producer.

Since having kids she told how she has a much more practical style and loves her Dr Martens boots more than anything (seen in 2005)

Fans flocked to the replies to share their excitement for the new thriller and gush that they ‘can’t wait’ for it to air, writing: ‘Keira, Ben & Sarah. It’s going to be epic.’

‘Must watch this series’; ‘I was already in for Keira Knightley but Sarah Lancashire… I WILL BE SEATED!!!’; ‘Cant wait for it to come out’;

‘Keira Knightley in a spy thriller? December 5th can’t come soon enough’; ‘Lush! That is a brilliant star cast’; ‘Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire, you can’t go wrong.’