{"id":2151743,"date":"2025-11-12T15:26:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2151743"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:26:42","slug":"waitroses-2025-christmas-advert-sees-keira-knightley-fall-head-over-heels-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/waitroses-2025-christmas-advert-sees-keira-knightley-fall-head-over-heels-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Waitrose’s 2025 Christmas advert sees Keira Knightley fall head over heels for…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joe Wilkinson steals Keira Knightley’s heart in the romcom we never knew we needed.<\/p>\n

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Joe Wilkinson and Keira Knightley star in Waitrose’s new Christmas advert.
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Keira Knightley stars opposite Joe Wilkinson in Waitrose’s romantic 2025 Christmas advert, inspired by Love Actually.<\/p>\n

Keira Knightley<\/a> made a magical rom-com comeback this week as Waitrose<\/a> released its 2025 Christmas advert, which nods to one of her most iconic movie roles.<\/p>\n

In the heartwarming film called ‘The Perfect Gift’, the British actress stars opposite Celebrity Traitors<\/a> contestant Joe Wilkinson<\/a> as part of a sweet story inspired by Love Actually.<\/p>\n

The four-minute short starts with a meet-cute at a Waitrose cheese counter, where the two bond over their obsession with Sussex Charmer cheddar.<\/p>\n

Joe, who plays Phil<\/a>, plucks up the courage to ask the Hollywood icon, who stars as herself, out on a date \u2013 and she says yes.<\/p>\n

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The short film follows the couple’s sweet love story.
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Fast forward a few days and the couple get cosy over mulled wine and take romantic strolls in the snow as their charming relationship blossoms.<\/p>\n

It captures them baking, dancing and making Christmas crafts as they fall head over heels in love.<\/p>\n

But their romance hits a stumbling block when Joe sees a mystery gift from a man named Mark left for Keira in her hallway.<\/p>\n

Feeling deflated, he slumps around feeling lost until his mum encourages him to show his affections by cooking the actress her nan’s famous turkey pie.<\/p>\n

“Cooking for someone is love, darling,” she tells him on FaceTime. <\/p>\n

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Joe plays fictional character Phil, while Keira plays herself.
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So Phil gets to work in the kitchen, making pastry then chopping up leeks and cranberries to go in the nostalgic dish which he surprises her with at home.<\/p>\n

Pulling off the tea towel covering the pie, he reveals his true feelings for Keira by writing ‘I love you’ in pastry letters on its lid, but he crumbles when a mystery man appears beside her.<\/p>\n

As he walks away from her front door downcast and heartbroken, the actress runs after him and explains that Mark is her brother.<\/p>\n

Relief floods through Phil before Keira surprises him by planting a kiss on his lips as she gushes: “I love you too.”<\/p>\n

The two go back for another romantic smooch as the camera zooms out of the sparkling snow scene, with the end credit reading ‘and they ate happily ever after’.<\/p>\n

Watch the magical Waitrose 2025 Christmas advert below:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Keira Knightley stars in Waitrose\u2019s Christmas \u2018mini romcom\u2019 ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Keira revealed why she said yes to Waitrose’s romcom-style Christmas advert, hinting she had a soft spot for love stories and her co-star Joe.<\/p>\n

She said: “I love food, and so when I received this script where I get to fall head over heels in love over a shared love of cheese, I couldn’t turn it down.<\/p>\n

“I adored working on this silly, fun and delicious film with Joe and I hope those watching it fall in love too.”<\/p>\n

Joe added: “It was great to be back with Waitrose for their 2025 Christmas campaign. This year, Phil got to enjoy both the love and the food he truly deserved.<\/p>\n

“As you can imagine, it was tough having to eat the delicious Waitrose food and falling in love with Keira, but I just got on with it, like the trooper I am.”<\/p>\n

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The script makes some hilarious references to Love Actually.
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Fans went wild for the supermarket’s latest offering, taking to YouTube to share their thoughts on the new festive film.<\/p>\n

“Now, thats how you do it. A cracking Christmas advert. Funny, heart warming and it felt like Christmas,” exclaimed one viewer.<\/p>\n

“4 minutes of cinematic, funny, emotional, and genuinely joyful wonder! And James’ ‘She’s A Star’ – bravo!!,” gushed another.<\/p>\n

A third said: “Quite simply the best Xmas advert for years.”<\/p>\n

While a fourth added: “Waitrose, well done, for the wholesome advert, and for making Love Actually 2.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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