BEIJING, Feb. 17 -- Keira Knightley will get off her clothes for her role in "Silk," one of her imminent big screen features set to open in theaters this year on August 13.

    According to the test screenings, the beauty gets naked in a couple of scenes of the film, including a love scene while going to be seen topless for several times.

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    This is not the first time the actress being spotted nude on screen as she previously exposed her body in some of her films like "The Hole", "The Jacket", and "Domino."

    The film is an adaptation of Italian author Alessandro Baricco's novel of the same title.

    "Silk", directed by Canadian filmmaker Francois Girard, centers on a French silkworm smuggler named Herve Joncour who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo and gets obsessed with the concubine of a local baron there.

    The cast also includes: Michael Pitt, Alfred Molina, and Mark Rendall, among the many others.

(China Daily/Agencies)