Pakistan, July 28 -- Keira Knightley is facing criticism after sharing a story about the late Donald Sutherland that many people on social media felt was in poor taste.

The actress looked back at a memory from a film set, but the story quickly sparked massive buzz online.

During an interview with Rosamund Pike, Knightley talked about a party that Sutherland attended while they were working together.

She explained that the veteran actor had a rule in his contract saying nobody on set could smoke around him or even smell of cigarettes.

"There was a party that Donald Sutherland came to because the whole thing was that you weren't allowed to smoke," Knightley said.

Rosamund Pike replied, "Oh, yes!"

Knightley then said, "He had it in his...