“Bend like Beckham I came out when I was 10, but I don’t think I’d see it until I was 11. I definitely didn’t know I was weird and metabolizing it most of the time was an incredible desire to be really good friends with Keira Knightley. She seemed to be tall, smelling delicious, with a British accent, and She is good at sports and has a bad temper? hurry up! ” – Sophie, 32
“I’m a sporty 10 year old, Bend like Beckham Come out, I’ve never seen a character like Jules before. She looks like me except she is cool and confident. That’s a classic young queer mess – do I want to grow up and be her, or do I want to grow up and have a girlfriend like her? Either way, it gave me options that I couldn’t visualize before. ” – 33
“As an awkward, chubby gay kid in the Boston suburbs in 2003, until Keira was in Keira Bend like Beckham Opened that horizon for me. ” – Jack, 32
“Why is Keira Knightley so homosexual in that movie Bend like Beckham When it’s a gay movie. She said, “Is that a lesbian?” I was like, “Okay, no…” But there is too much heat What did we do wrong The tension between Jules and Jesse. ” – Libby, 34
“Look at it Bend like Beckham VHS When I was a football kid in my 10 or 11 years old, I was fascinated by Jules’ aesthetics and didn’t know why. Baby T-shirt, leather jacket and headscarf, her jersey was loosely draped over her boyish frame, her hair was too short to fit in a ponytail. She is so hot coded, but not the way I actually thought about it before. I think she should be very hot I. ” – Road, 29
“This is my seventh grade hairstyle because Keira Bend like Beckhamwith kitchen scissors and an agnostic sense of urgency. ” – Pheli, 29
“I’m pretty sure I saw it Bend like Beckham Yes, so I’m 10 or 11 years old. I’m a weird weirdo, traditionally a very girly (straight) sister and a history of strong, obsessed female friendships, so I guess I’m really related to Jess. Since then, the German nightclub scene (and the costumes of Jules and Jesse) has not been rented since. ” – Thea, 32