Eva Green ‘humiliated’ by firing foul-mouthed WhatsApps from the sci-fi thriller

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Ollywood star Eva Green said she was insulted by the release of private WhatsApp messages where she called producers “evil” and “fools” during a doomed 2019 film project.

The 42-year-old actress is giving evidence before the Supreme Court regarding the collapse of the sci-fi thriller A Patriot in 2019, amid financing difficulties and an acrimonious row with financial backers.

In letters released during the legal proceedings, Green referred to the crew members in Hampshire as “dirty peasants”, called the film’s director “weak and stupid”, and referred to herself as “Cruella”.

Green faced questions on Tuesday about a message when she called the movie “a horrible nightmare” and told a colleague, “We had to get out.”

Green insists she didn’t sabotage the production of A Patriot or walk away from the movie, telling the court, “I have a very direct way of saying things.

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“I did not expect that my WhatsApp messages would be exposed in court. It is indeed very insulting.”

In her private letters, Green referred to executive producer Jake Sale as “the Devil” and discussed with the partners the possibility of buying the rights to the film’s script to make it herself, with her own crew.

Asked if she was lying about her intention to “get out” of the film, Green referred to an infamous incident involving her Casino Royale co-star Daniel Craig, when asked in 2021 about continuing the James Bond franchise, he replied: “I’d rather break this Glass cut my wrist.”

Green told the court, “Sometimes you say things that you don’t mean. You hate someone, you say ‘I’m going to kill that person.’ Are you going to kill that person? No.

“It’s a cry from the heart.

There’s a famous example of Daniel Craig saying he’d rather cut my wrists than do another Bond movie.

He honored his contract, did another Bond movie, and didn’t cut his wrists.

Sometimes you say things under a lot of pressure, and it just shows.”

When it was suggested that Greene had picked up on Daniel Craig’s reference from the statement of her agent, Charles Collier, she laughed in court by quickly replying, “I know this story well because I know Daniel.”

Earlier on Tuesday, Green said she wanted the film’s “messy” production to fall apart so she could have the chance to take control of the film.

However, she insisted, she did not cause the film to fail or attempt to “scuttle the film”.

“I didn’t do anything to make the movie fail,” she said.

“I feel like they failed on their own, because of their own incompetence. Nothing was ready. Nothing was in place. It was a charade.”

Faced with a letter saying “I can’t make this movie with (the financiers) Sherburne. Impossible”, Green said: “These are sentimental words, I felt so trapped at the time, it just didn’t make sense that the movie was going to happen.

“I just felt trapped.”

But, she added, “It doesn’t mean I wouldn’t honor my contract. If I had been called to hire, I would have done this movie, even though it would have been a disaster.”

“I never broke a contract, I had to.”

When the film’s financing was in question, Green texted the director to tell her, “Let’s hope we get a f*** out of his movie.” [Mr Seal’s] Wicked Tentacles is re-locating to Scotland and shooting in November.”

After pressing the hold, Green accepted it as her preferred option for the planned production breakdown, giving her an opportunity to purchase the rights to the script. But she insisted she had not caused the production to fail, and was willing to honor her commitment to the film.

“It’s true that I was worried about the whole situation,” she said, “I felt like the film wasn’t in good hands.” “It was very chaotic. I still believe in the movie and I still want the movie to happen.”

When pressed about whether a production collapse would be her “preferred option”, Green said: “It’s true, but I didn’t bring up anything — it just happened.”

Green originally launched the legal battle in a bid to recover $1 million (£830,000) from the Atriots. But she was pushed back by allegations that she stopped production in violation of her deal and deliberately sabotaged the film.

Green originally joined A Patriot to star alongside Kathy Bates and Tim Robbins, and told Court that she “fell in love with the script.” Production stalled but was revived in the summer of 2019. She said she was “shocked and upset” when, amid financing difficulties, a plan to shoot in Ireland fell through, and production was moved to Mr. Seal Studios in Hampshire.

Green was accused of pretending to be preparing to make the film while plotting to drop it, but she said it didn’t make sense. In her testimony this morning, Green said the film’s breakdown was “confirmation that there was something wrong with this production.”

It is against production company White Lantern Film (Britannica) Limited and financiers SMC Specialty Finance LLC. The trial continues.

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