Bond girl Eva Green, 42, arrives in court for a legal battle in London

Eva Inexperienced has arrived on the Excessive Court docket right this moment to testify within the £4million lawsuit over a canned sci-fi movie, as a message from a producer claimed the Hollywood star felt ‘quite eat tumours to need” than to make the movie.

The 42-year-old On line casino Royale star was slated to star in A Patriot earlier than manufacturing shut down in October 2019.

She is now suing manufacturing firm White Lantern Movies, claiming she is entitled to her $1million (£810,000) payment for the movie regardless of the cancellation. She insists she is being unfairly portrayed as a “diva”.

White Lantern Movies is defending the case and countersuing the French actress, who alleges she made “unreasonable calls for” and undermined the movie’s manufacturing.

Ms Inexperienced, who wore black sun shades and a inexperienced velvet jacket within the January sunshine in London this morning, is anticipated to take the witness stand this afternoon.

The court docket heard right this moment {that a} message from one of many movie’s producers had claimed that Eva Inexperienced “would quite eat tumors” than do the movie earlier than the undertaking was shelved.

Eva Inexperienced arrives on the Rolls Constructing, London, for her motion within the Excessive Court docket over fee for a movie undertaking that’s closed.

A lawyer for Ms Inexperienced accused the producers of a collapsed movie of attempting to tarnish the forged’s fame by portraying her as a ‘diva’.

The French actress – who performed Vesper Lynd in James Bond thriller On line casino Royale – is suing producers for a $1 million payment she owes her for A Patriot.

This morning, the movie’s author and director Dan Pringle gave his testimony. He requested a couple of message he despatched when the movie’s funding was probably being restructured and would have given Jake Seal “full management”.

The Excessive Court docket chief mentioned final week Ms Inexperienced had alleged Mr Seal, an govt producer, was planning to make a “low-cost B-movie”, describing him as “the satan” and “evil”.

Mr Pringle mentioned in a message that he, Ms Inexperienced and producer Adam Merrifield had been discussing whether or not they “need to proceed with the brand new construction” however added: “Proper now the three of us would clearly favor to eat tumors”.

Talking about it right this moment, he mentioned, “I remorse saying that as I should not be talking on behalf of Adam and Eve.”

The French actress is scheduled to take the stand to testify within the lawsuit on Monday, day three of the trial in London.

At the beginning of Thursday’s trial, Max Mallin KC for White Lantern claimed Ms Inexperienced had a “hostility” to a imaginative and prescient for the movie being held by one of many movie’s govt producers, Jake Seal.

The lawyer mentioned that in exchanges along with her agent and the movie’s director, Ms Inexperienced additionally branded manufacturing supervisor Terry Chook a ‘fucking fool’ and the native crew members ‘shoddy peasants’ … from Hampshire’.

Nonetheless, Ms Inexperienced’s lawyer, Edmund Cullen KC, mentioned the lawsuit “was aimed toward portraying my shopper as a diva with a view to seize headlines and tarnish her fame”.

Bond lady Eva Inexperienced, pictured in On line casino Royale with Daniel Craig, is earlier than the Excessive Court docket in litigation over the demise of a £4million movie undertaking

Producers Terry Chook (left) and Jake Seal had been credited within the lyrics and steered by Ms. Inexperienced

Mr. Cullen later mentioned the messages needed to be seen “within the context” of negotiations to purchase the rights to the script.

Mr. Cullen described the movie as a “ardour undertaking” and mentioned the actress “obsessed over” to make the movie however “the monetary plan was by no means going to work out”.

Ms Inexperienced anticipated to start her testimony within the afternoon. The method goes on.