“Black Reputation”: Eva Green sued the producers and demanded a million dollars 27.01.2023, 11:40

The cause of the dispute was the sci-fi film Patriot, which stopped filming in 2019. The actress demanded that he pay her a million dollar fee, despite the closure of the project. Green recalled that she acted not only as an actress, but also as a producer, and the pay-or-play rule applies to her, meaning that she must receive payments in any case, even if the film is not released.

Production company White Lantern Films made retaliatory demands. Eva was accused of insults. The company’s lawyers insist that the actress had no desire and no intention to finish filming. The court was presented with personal correspondence from social networks, in which the artist spoke negatively about her colleagues.

According to the report, Green called executive producer Jake Seal “evil,” a “fraudulent sociopath” and a “liar and lunatic.” The 42-year-old James Bond actor has made a scathing comment on the film’s director Terry Bird, calling him a “fucking moron”.

Defense counsel Greene made the statement at the High Court in London. Lawyer Edmund Cullen said that former colleagues are deliberately harming the star. “This case is provided to paint my client as a diva, to garner attention and damage her reputation. She repeatedly agreed to delay the start of principal photography. She agreed to move production from Ireland to the UK and offered to use part of her royalties to fund production costs,” Cullen explained.

According to the lawyer, the reports should be viewed as an “informal stream of consciousness spilling out” as events unfold. Edmund noted that the opponents were trying to “blame Mrs. Green for all the failures of the production”. “It seems that this is being provided to blacken the name of an actress who has not broken a contract and has not missed a single day of filming in her 20-year career,” the Daily Mail quoted a human rights activist as saying.