London, 28 Apr. The French actress Eva Green has won the lawsuit that she had with a producer in the British High Court to collect her salary for a science fiction film that was not finished.
The 42-year-old interpreter of “Casino Royale” and “Kingdom of Heaven” demanded that the production company White Lantern Film collect the million dollars stipulated in her contract, something the company refused to do, alleging that Green had “undermined ” production and renounced his salary.
However, Judge Michael Green, of the High Court, understood in his opinion published today that the French woman had the right to collect what was stipulated, and dismissed the argument of White Lantern Film and its lender, SMC Specialty Finance.
“I consider that Green did not waive his obligations under the artistic agreement nor did he commit any breach,” the magistrate said.
In private messages released throughout the process, the actress described the film crew as “shit rednecks”, the production as a “shitty B movie” and executive producer Jake Seal as “pure vomit”, at the same time what a “sociopath” and “crazy dictator”.
The producer’s lawyers stated that the interpreter had shown “a categorical and unequivocal refusal” to act in the production.
Despite this, the judge considered that Green had not violated the terms of the contract to participate in the film “A Patriot”, which was abandoned in October 2019.
“She may have said some extremely nasty things about Seal and her team, but that was born out of a genuine sense of concern that any film made under Seal’s control would be of very low quality and would not do justice to a script she was passionate about,” added.
In a statement after learning of the decision, the actress said that “justice has prevailed”, after having “defended tooth and nail the beautiful film that I loved and for which I signed.”
“The film spoke of a cause that is dear to me, climate change, and warned of the wars for resources that will take place if we do not address the problem. I stood my ground, and this time justice has prevailed,” he considered.
