Article about Eva Green
Dan Same
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I came across an article about Eva Green, which I thought was interesting:
Bond girl's new role By Robin Lynch
FRENCH actress Eva Green is not a typical Bond girl.
The green-eyed beauty, who shot to fame opposite Daniel Craig in the 007 movie Casino Royale, not only considers herself nerdy, she lives alone and jokingly refers to her pet dog as her husband.
What's more, the 27-year-old does nothing to keep her movie-star figure or looks.
"I'm French and I'm lazy, which means I smoke and I don't exercise,'' Green says.
She does, however, run and do Pilates. Dieting, though, is ``too stressful''.
During the past two years, Green has become a hot property. In 2005, she emerged from art-house films to star opposite Orlando Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven.
From there, she hit the big time as Bond's true love, Vesper Lynd, in Casino Royale.
Green will soon star again with Daniel Craig in the Christmas blockbuster The Golden Compass, alongside Nicole Kidman.
She plays Serafina Pelikala, queen of the witches, who really does fly on a broomstick. Serafina comes to the aid of Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards), who lives in an alternative world where everyone is accompanied by a daemon - a physical representation of their soul in animal form.
"I thought it could be quite cool to be a witch inalittle girl's dream,'' Green says.
"And I love the books. They're very rich, very complex, and not like a typical fantasy adventure.
This is very clever, very spiritual, very philosophical and full of magic.''
Green's biggest challenge was mastering the flying scenes in the film.
"It wasn't special effects. I was really in the air, on wires, and travelling very fast. I had to land very sharply. It was scary.''
Green adored working with 13-year-old Dakota Blue Richards, who was plucked from thousands of hopefuls to play Lyra in the $210 million film.
"She's a beautiful person. It's her first movie, and a big part, but she was very professional and calm and enjoyed every minute.
"It's a pleasure to see somebody who is passionate and very excited.''
Just a year ago, Green still had an actor's typical insecurity about being out of work. She felt useless after not scoring any roles for a year after finishing Kingdom Of Heaven.
When the Bond film finally came along, Green was worried about how it would transform her life, which it did.
"I did see a lot of the craziness when I received Bond fan letters,'' she says.
"All the fans who would be waiting outside every place we went were waiting for the Bond girl rather than me, the actress.''
In keeping with her desire to be different, Green's next role is in Franklyn, a film about four lost souls in a futuristic London society.
"Franklyn is very, very different from what I've done before,'' she says. ``It's a crazy movie.
"I'm in it with Sam Riley and Ryan Phillippe, and it's about three people who are completely schizophrenic.''
Away from the glitz of red carpets and movie sets, Green lives alone in Primrose Hill, London, which she prefers to Paris. Her only housemate is Griffin, a border terrier.
Green lists Cate Blanchett and Kirsten Dunst as her fashion influences, describing her own taste as "bright pink lipstick, hot pink or geisha colours''.
"Make-up is allowed to be a bit weird, I feel,'' she says.
Green sees herself as anything but cool and nothing like the femme fatale film-makers want her to be on screen.
"When people first meet me, they find me very cold,'' she says.
"I keep at a distance, and I think that's why I'm so drawn to acting. It allows me to wear a mask.
"I'm shy, so that's why I'm mysterious - it's as simple as that.''
Bond girl's new role By Robin Lynch
FRENCH actress Eva Green is not a typical Bond girl.
The green-eyed beauty, who shot to fame opposite Daniel Craig in the 007 movie Casino Royale, not only considers herself nerdy, she lives alone and jokingly refers to her pet dog as her husband.
What's more, the 27-year-old does nothing to keep her movie-star figure or looks.
"I'm French and I'm lazy, which means I smoke and I don't exercise,'' Green says.
She does, however, run and do Pilates. Dieting, though, is ``too stressful''.
During the past two years, Green has become a hot property. In 2005, she emerged from art-house films to star opposite Orlando Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven.
From there, she hit the big time as Bond's true love, Vesper Lynd, in Casino Royale.
Green will soon star again with Daniel Craig in the Christmas blockbuster The Golden Compass, alongside Nicole Kidman.
She plays Serafina Pelikala, queen of the witches, who really does fly on a broomstick. Serafina comes to the aid of Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards), who lives in an alternative world where everyone is accompanied by a daemon - a physical representation of their soul in animal form.
"I thought it could be quite cool to be a witch inalittle girl's dream,'' Green says.
"And I love the books. They're very rich, very complex, and not like a typical fantasy adventure.
This is very clever, very spiritual, very philosophical and full of magic.''
Green's biggest challenge was mastering the flying scenes in the film.
"It wasn't special effects. I was really in the air, on wires, and travelling very fast. I had to land very sharply. It was scary.''
Green adored working with 13-year-old Dakota Blue Richards, who was plucked from thousands of hopefuls to play Lyra in the $210 million film.
"She's a beautiful person. It's her first movie, and a big part, but she was very professional and calm and enjoyed every minute.
"It's a pleasure to see somebody who is passionate and very excited.''
Just a year ago, Green still had an actor's typical insecurity about being out of work. She felt useless after not scoring any roles for a year after finishing Kingdom Of Heaven.
When the Bond film finally came along, Green was worried about how it would transform her life, which it did.
"I did see a lot of the craziness when I received Bond fan letters,'' she says.
"All the fans who would be waiting outside every place we went were waiting for the Bond girl rather than me, the actress.''
In keeping with her desire to be different, Green's next role is in Franklyn, a film about four lost souls in a futuristic London society.
"Franklyn is very, very different from what I've done before,'' she says. ``It's a crazy movie.
"I'm in it with Sam Riley and Ryan Phillippe, and it's about three people who are completely schizophrenic.''
Away from the glitz of red carpets and movie sets, Green lives alone in Primrose Hill, London, which she prefers to Paris. Her only housemate is Griffin, a border terrier.
Green lists Cate Blanchett and Kirsten Dunst as her fashion influences, describing her own taste as "bright pink lipstick, hot pink or geisha colours''.
"Make-up is allowed to be a bit weird, I feel,'' she says.
Green sees herself as anything but cool and nothing like the femme fatale film-makers want her to be on screen.
"When people first meet me, they find me very cold,'' she says.
"I keep at a distance, and I think that's why I'm so drawn to acting. It allows me to wear a mask.
"I'm shy, so that's why I'm mysterious - it's as simple as that.''
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
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We have seen examples of that. She does seem a bit odd to me, but I know she has her fans.
On another note I saw a show the other day that said The Golden Compass has buzz that it will be a bomb. It cost 150 million to make and the were reshooting scenes several weeks ago to try and fix it. I have seen the trailers and it doesn't look to good me.
I'm an Eva fan, but I agree she does use makeup in a weird way. On the other hand I've got 30 years on her (otherwise I'd write to her and offer to be her puppy dog
As for The Golden Compass, I'm not familiar with the books, but I'm not a big fan of that kind of fantasy-adventure genre. I have no idea how it will play, but I did hear they were reshooting some stuff, which is sometimes a bad sign. Then again, reshooting stuff used to be a Hollywood routine, so it's no big deal in itself.
I've seen a few reviews of The Golden Compass, and they seem to be in the range of "looks great but kind of flat" to "pretty good." I'd be surprised if it's a commercial bomb, though--it's the holiday season and big fantasy movies usually do well this time of year; and I really think the Catholic groups and others did the film a big favor by kicking up a lot of controversy. I'm likely to see it just because I want to know if it really is an atheistic screed. Whatever, I hope the movie doesn't fail, because I can see the headlines on a certain website now: "GOLDEN COMPASS FLOPS! AUDIENCES JUST CAN'T STOMACH CRAIG, CAN THEY?"
I'm very curious about Compass...I've heard buzz on both ends of the spectrum, and of course there's a population of vultures out there quite eager for a bit of high-budget cinematic carrion on which to feed---none moreso than those unfortunate sufferers of OCDS...*
As for the 'Anti-Catholic,' 'anti-religion' stuff, I too will watch it primarily to see what all the fuss is about. Having not read the books, I'll be coming to it fresh---and I've never felt that religious groups do themselves any favours by coming out so fervently against a piece of entertainment.
* Obsessive Craig Dislike Syndrome
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
You can say that again, Loeff. But then again, there's a long list of things the religiously organized do that do their cause no favors:
... threatening to execute a teacher over the naming of a teddy bear; bombing clinics; denying the scientific fact of evolution; flying airplanes into buildings; whipping and imprisoning a young woman after she's been gang-raped by nine men ... I don't have a problem with religious sentiment per se, in fact I think it can be admirable in that it asks questions about our lives and our place in the universe. It's the one who have all the answers and can't tolerate further inquiry or other views that disturb me.
The combination of DC and EG in another movie will be enough to get me to "Golden Compass". But I have a real problem with films that feature talking bears and tigers and such. So I am hoping for the best, but prepared to spend alot of time at the snack counter!
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
greatly disappointed. The story is so convoluted and jumps around so frenetically that it is almost impossible to follow. Daniel Craig's role is miniscule and don't blink or you'll miss Christopher Lee's two line cameo.
Golden Compass seems to be made for people with short attention spans. Introduce a character, switch scenes;have a short fight, switch scenes; say something weird, switch the scene again.
Eva Green is wasted in a nothing role. She flies, launches arrows at bad guys and says weird things before flying off again.
Fun for 3 year olds with short attention spans,
I think adults would enjoy Thomas the Tank Engine more.
I realize of course, this is a James Bond forum.
I'd just like to let my fellow Bondphiles know,
Golden Compass is a stinker.;)
DC was only in a fraction of the film, and the best part had him shaving off a rather scruffy looking beard.
EG was more interesting, but seemed very Bela Lugosi.... her accent seems to wander all over the map. At least she didn't fly a broom as I had been told!!!
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond