Currently showing in “The Three Musketeers: Milady”, in which she plays the title role, Eva Green has around twenty films to her credit. What is the actress’s best feature film according to AlloCiné spectators?
Currently showing in The Three Musketeers: Milady, second part of the diptych event by Martin Bourboulon, in which she plays the title role, Eva Green has more than 20 feature films to her credit.
Daughter of the actress Marlène Jobert, Eva Green made her debut on the stage before taking her first steps in the cinema at the age of 20 in front of Bernardo Bertolucci’s camera in Innocents – the dreamers, in which she shared the poster with Louis Garrel, whom she also finds in The Three Musketeers.
The actress knows how to judiciously choose the films in which she appears, as proof, few of her feature films are given a rating lower than 2.5 stars out of 5 on AlloCiné. According to spectators, the best film in Eva Green’s filmography is Casino Royal by Martin Campbell. Released in November 2006, the feature film has an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars, with 61,225 ratings and 2,778 reviews.
21st installment of the James Bond franchise, Casino Royal is the first film with Daniel Craig in the role of Agent 007. In the film, adapted from the novel by Ian Fleming, the spy falls in love with Vesper Lynd, a role played by Eva Green. With a budget of $150 million, Casino Royale grossed over $600 million at the international box office.
In the press kit for the feature film, the French actress explained when the film was released: “Vesper Lynd is the first woman with whom Bond falls in love and by whom he will feel betrayed. The screenplay of Casino Royale is one of the best I have ever read. It is dense, rich in dramatic twists , and the love story moved me.
“Not a classic James Bond Girl”
Vesper is a complex woman. She has a lot of secrets and I think that’s one of the aspects that attracts Bond: she’s not transparent to him. It’s a kind of sphinx. (…) Vesper is nothing like the classic James Bond Girl who walks around in a bikini brandishing guns. She is much more than that. She was the first female character Ian Fleming wrote and had an extraordinarily powerful impact on Bond’s life. She is the foundation of all the women who will follow, and the explanation of Bond’s behavior with the fairer sex.“
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A role of great importance in the James Bond mythology. However, the actress hesitated for a long time to go through the casting process for the film and completely missed her first audition…
Before Eva Green landed the role, many actresses were considered to play James Bond’s first love, among them: Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts, Thandie Newton, Angelina Jolie, Rachel McAdams, Sienna Miller, Scarlett Johansson and Caterina Murino, who ultimately landed the role of Solange Dimitrios in the film. But the production is struggling to find the ideal actress to play Vesper.
A failed first audition
In an interview given to Radio Times in April 2023, Casino Royale casting director Debbie McWilliams even revealed that filming on the film began before the roles of Vesper Lynd and du Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) had been assigned.
Debbie McWilliams looks back on the casting of Eva Green who had only appeared in 3 feature films previously including Kingdom of Heaven by Ridley Scott and explains that the actress’s lack of experience and the Frenchwoman’s first camera tests, far from being conclusive, had frightened them.
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“No one had done her hair or makeup or anything, which didn’t do her justice. I’m sure she would be the first to admit that she looked terrible. But with Barbara, we insisted that Eva came back and did another try. This time she had her hair and makeup done. She was more relaxed and we decided to cast her.“
And this choice pays off since the public and critics praise the work of the actress.
Internet user elbandito writes: “Eva Green, a promising young French talent, is much more than a simple James Bond girl because her role here has a rare consistency. She is the woman who will push 007 to his most intimate limits.“For his part, NoSerious Man finds that”Eva Green improves from her first appearance the level of the already excellent film.”
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For rcan, “Eva Green is a James Bond Girl like we’ve never seen before in the saga.” Finally for sparowtony:“The sublime Eva Green is perfect in the role of Vesper. She exudes great charisma and a certain fragility and perfectly transcribes the complexity of her character.”
This perfectly mastered role opened the doors of Hollywood to the actress who then appeared in the casting of At the Crossroads of Worlds: The Golden Compass, of Cracks alongside Juno Temple and Imogen Poots, of Dark Shadows by Tim Burton (which (she will return 4 years later for Miss Peregrine and Peculiar Children) or Perfect Sense in which she shares the poster with Ewan McGregor.
Eva Green is currently starring in The Three Musketeers: Milady and should next reunite with Casino Royale director Martin Campbell for the thriller Dirty Angels in which she should play a female soldier.