Actress Eva Green wins case over unpaid $1m fee for abandoned film | Ents & Arts News

Actress Eva Green has won her case against a company that abandoned a film she was due to star in.

The 42-year-old, best known for appearing in Bond film Casino Royale, sued White Lantern Film to try to get the million-dollar fee she was due to be paid.

The company countersued and said she had undermined the production and renounced the contract by making “excessive creative and financial demands”.

In WhatsApp messages revealed in the case, Green described one producer as a “f****** moron” who should be fired and another as “evil”.

She’s also said to have described funders for the movie as “a*******” and some proposed crew members as “s***** peasants”.

Green later blamed her “Frenchness” and said the messages were an “emotional response” after being lied to about where it was due to be shot.

The film, A Patriot, was abandoned in October 2019.

Green’s lawyer said she had been subject to a “character assassination”, while the actress denied being uncooperative and said having her messages disclosed was “humiliating”.

“In the 20 years that I have been making films, I have never broken a contract or even missed one day of shooting,” the 42-year-old told the court.

In his ruling, the judge decided that Green had not renounced her obligations under the contract nor committed any “repudiatory breaches” – meaning she’s now set to get her $1m (£803,000) fee.