Having studied in London, the 28-year-old actress speaks in a hybrid accent that fuses the perfectly posh with the glottal-stoppingly common. And even cracks the odd joke, although these are often delivered deadpan with gloriously impenetrable punch lines.Įva is also one of the few brave souls in the entertainment industry who will answer an interview question with a protracted, Pinteresque silence. And, during her brief stay, Eva Green will deploy all of these devices with a few new ones thrown in for good measure. They can communicate using the most basic body language: the ennui-laden sigh, a sultry sideways glance, a sullen pout, the lengthy pause and, of course, the pièce de résistance, the mighty Gallic shrug. It is heartening to see that she is wearing a broad smile because this woman, by her own admission, is French.

Apologising airily for being five minutes late, Eva Green - whom you will know better as Vesper Lynd, the woman who tamed James Bond - breezes into the bar. And it could just be another Fleming-inspired fluke that Tony Micelotta, the head barman, has recently reintroduced the 'vesper' - a tie-loosening combination of gin, vodka and Lillet Blanc.Īll of these unsettling concurrences are drawn together by a pale apparition in the doorway. So let's just mention that she is Jewish before she slips from our American consciousness.Similarly, it might just be a curious twist of fate that Fleming would have celebrated his century last year, as did Dukes.

So yes, a return to France seems imminent. There are some discrepancies among the actresses, but Green, who starred opposite Daniel Craig in 'Casino Royale' and now acts on TV's 'Camelot', has followed the trajectory to a tee.

Try to hang on by starring in various lesser movies.

Be accused in your native country of selling out.

Play the exotic love interest to the English-speaking star.

Win the local Best (Young) Actress award.

Career trajectory of EVERY young, good-looking, European actress (Eva Green, Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Beart, Sophie Marceau, Famke Janssen, Marion Cotillard, Franka Potente, Monica Bellucci, Melanie Laurent, etc, etc, etc):

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