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Eva Green: Actress gives evidence in High Court over bitter film ... (BBC News)

Actress Eva Green described a film producer as an "inexperienced, pretentious moron" as "an emotional response" after she was lied to about filming, ...

"I didn't want to work with a sub-standard crew. And asked about the reference to crew members as "peasants... Of course they are not weak and stupid."

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Eva Green tells court she didn't mean things said in WhatsApp ... (The Guardian)

Actor taking legal action over collapse of film says she was not expecting private chats to be 'exposed'

She said she felt “distressed” and “cornered” amid a deteriorating relationship with lead producers and the absence of preparation for a film, leading her to believe she was not in safe hands. Before concluding her evidence, Green was asked by the judge, Mr Justice Michael Green, how much she had originally understood would be spent on the film. She rejected Mallin’s suggestion that she had no intention of doing the film in its iteration with SMC and executive Jake Seal and had engaged in deception with others including its director, Dan Pringle. Maybe I said that out of paranoia,” said Green. You hate a person and say: ‘I’m going to kill this person,’ are you going to kill this person? I was not expecting to have my messages exposed in court.

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Eva Green: Actress tells High Court she did not expect to have ... (Sky News)

Actress Eva Green has given evidence for a second day at the High Court in London. She is suing a production company over her $1m fee for sci-fi film A ...

"You say you hate a person and you say, 'I'm going to kill this person'. She continued: "I was not expecting to have my WhatsApp messages exposed in court, it's very humiliating. However, her barrister has said that White Lantern's claim is "designed to paint my client as a diva to win headlines and damage her reputation". She denied this meant she wanted to withdraw from the project. They have accused her of wanting to get out of the project. Actress Eva Green has given evidence for a second day at the High Court in London.

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Actress Eva Green: 'It's very humiliating' (RTE.ie)

Actress Eva Green has said it was "very humiliating" to have her WhatsApp messages read in her UK High Court battle with a production company over a failed ...

Asked about her use of the phrase, the actress said: "I have nothing against peasants… from Hampshire". Ms Green has said that she had hoped it would be possible for her to acquire the script rights in return for her forgoing her fee, so that the film could be made elsewhere with a different team, but that she knew she would have no choice but to go ahead with the film in the event this was not possible. She added: "If I had been called to set, I would have done this film even though it would have been a disaster." Denying that she meant was withdrawing from the project, Ms Green replied: "If I really wanted to pull out, I would have asked my agent to do so in a legal way." On the second day of Ms Green’s evidence on Tuesday, Max Mallin KC, for White Lantern Film, asked the actress about a message where she described Mr Seal as "evil" and said that she had to "get out" of the film.

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Eva Green tackled about 'peasants' remark in court evidence about ... (BreakingNews.ie)

The Casino Royale star, 42, is embroiled in a court case over the collapse of film project A Patriot.

Ms Green is due to finish giving evidence on Tuesday and a ruling on the case is expected at a later date. from Hampshire”. In her written evidence to the court, Ms Green said no personal training or stunt training was arranged for her, despite her efforts to follow this up with the production team. The court was later told that Ms Green had sent a text message, suggesting that the film under Mr Seal would be a “B-shitty-movie”. Ms Green told the court in London that Mr Seal had cut down her stunt training for the film – where she was set to play a soldier – from four weeks to five days. The barrister said that in exchanges with her agent and the film’s director, Ms Green claimed Mr Seal was planning to make a “cheap B movie”, describing him as “the devil” and “evil” and local crew members as “shitty peasants…

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