French actress Eva Green blamed her “French side” on Monday for explaining insulting messages sent during the filming of a then-canceled film in a London court.
The 42-year-old actress, star of Royal Casino In 2006, he was going to star in a science fiction movie, a patriotbefore production was stopped in October 2019. He sues the production company White Lantern Films to obtain, despite the cancellation of the project, his stamp of one million dollars (918,000 euros).
But the British production company decided to counterattack by launching its own lawsuits against the actress, believing that she had harmed the production of the film. The trial that began Thursday is expected to last nine days.
“Cunning Sociopath”, “Liar”, “Asshole”
Called to the stand on Monday, black turtleneck and dark green blazer, Eva Green reaffirmed that she had first “fallen in love” with the film project that was to deal with the climate crisis.
White Lantern Films’ lawyers believe, however, that the French actress expressed a “lack of trust and dissatisfaction” with members of the production team.
They are based on WhatsApp messages in which Eva Green allegedly called a member of the team “evil”, “sneaky sociopath”, “liar and crazy”. She also reportedly called production manager Terry Bird a “jerk” and “a washed up jerk”.
Asked about the fact that she would have called producer Adam Merrifield and screenwriter Dan Pringle “weak” and “stupid” in a message to her agent, Eva Green replied that she could have made insulting comments under the influence of emotion, apologizing for his “inappropriate remarks”.
“I don’t know (…) it’s my French side that sometimes comes out,” he said. “Sometimes I say things out of emotion that I don’t really mean. Of course they’re not weak or stupid.”
And to add: “I don’t care about money. I live to make good movies, it’s my religion,” noting that as filming progressed she worried that the movie was bad and that he was hurting his career.
Source: BFM TV
