BOND girl Eva Green has blamed rude messages she sent to film bosses — including calling one a “f***ing moron” — on being French.
The Paris-born actress, 42, was hitting back after a film company accused her of being a diva and alleged her “unreasonable demands” hampered production.
She is at the heart of a £4million legal battle against White Lantern Films after sci-fi movie A Patriot, on which she was due to be executive producer and star, was shelved in October 2019.
Giving evidence for the first time at the High Court yesterday, Green was shown messages in which she slammed director Dan Pringle and producer Adam Merrifield.
But she said: “It’s just my Frenchness.
"It was just my emotions speaking. I didn’t mean that.”
Max Mallin KC, representing White Lantern Films, also highlighted a conversation where Green referred to “shy peasant crew members from Hampshire”.
The actress joked: “I’ve got nothing against peasants from Hampshire.
"I just didn’t want to work with a substandard crew.”
Other messages described executive producer Jake Seal as “evil” and production manager Terry Bird as a “f***ing moron".
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Green, who played Vesper Lynd alongside Daniel Craig in 2006’s Casino Royale, insisted she is a “serious actress” who would not feature in a “sh***y B movie” that could kill her career.
She described reducing four weeks of stunt training to five days as “extremely dangerous”.
She added: “You can’t make a quality film if you’re cutting corners.”
Green also claimed she never saw an email from her agent Charles Collier pressuring production bosses by suggesting she might walk away.
The ultimatum in July 2019 threatened she would “pull out if they didn’t film in Ireland with her own team” amid plans to move it to the UK, the court heard.
Green claims she did not want to quit after investing her “heart and soul” into the failed flick — comparing it to “abandoning a baby”.
She is suing White Lantern over her £810,000 fee. The firm is countersuing. Case continues.
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