London, Dec 1 (IANS) English actress Keira Knightley has hinted that her relationship with boyfriend Rupert Friend is on the rocks.

Knightley, 24, who is working in the West End show 'The Misanthrope' and portrays 22-year-old movie star Jennifer, spoke about the similarities between herself and her on-stage character saying they both have love life 'problems', reports fametastic.co.uk.

'Do I recognise being an extremely well-known young actress? Yes. And she's in the middle of a world full of people who are quite a bit older than her. She's having a problem with her boyfriend. No comments,' she said.

Knightley has been dating Rupert, 28, since 2005 when they met on the sets of 'Pride and Prejudice'.