Eva Green’s alter ego, the Bond girl Vesper Lynd from Casino Royale, was a double agent who aided 007’s gambling exploits, so she was used to high stakes.
And that was exactly the problem with the French actress, according to a film production company, after Green allegedly inflicted a list of unreasonable demands that were worthy of a high-octane blockbuster rather than a low-budget independent film.
The producers of A Patriot, a £4 million sci-fi production cancelled in 2019, are embroiled in a saga of claim and counterclaim with Green, 42, which started its nine-day run in the High Court in London yesterday. Lawyers for the production company White Lantern Films told the judge that a combination of Green’s costly demands and “a