The French actress Eva Green is in luck. The interpreter has won the dispute that she had with a producer in the British High Court to collect her salary for a science fiction film that was not finished.
The protagonist of films such as Miss Peregrine’s Home thus achieves the victory of a legal battle that began last January, in which she claimed that the production company White Lantern Film collect the million dollars (about 910,740 euros, in exchange) stipulated in his contract, something the company refused to do, alleging that Green had “undermined” the production and forfeited his salary.
Judge Michael Green, of the High Court, understood in his opinion published today that the French interpreter had the right to collect what was stipulated in her contract, thus dismissing the argument of the producer and its financial agents, who were trying to evade that payment.
“I consider that Green did not waive his obligations under the artistic agreement or incur in any breach,” said the magistrate, ruling in favor of the actress.
The sentence follows that trial last January, in which various private messages were released, in which the actress described the filming crew as “shitty peasants”, the production as a “shitty B movie” and the executive producer Jake Seal as “pure vomit” as well as “sociopath” and “crazy dictator.” The producer ruled that her “unreasonable demands” were the ones that “undermined” the filming process.
However, the judge considered the opposite, even describing the actress “There is no doubt that Mrs. Green did not make any decision or conclusive statement that she would not comply with her obligations under the artist agreement,” he insisted, “Neither no one could have reasonably understood her to have made such a decision.”
The producer’s lawyers stated that the interpreter had shown “a categorical and unequivocal refusal” to act in the production.
Despite this, the judge considered that Green had not violated the terms of the contract to participate in the film A Patriot, which was abandoned in October 2019.
“She may have said some extremely nasty things about Seal and her team, but that was born out of a genuine sense of concern that any film made under Seal’s control would be of very low quality and would not do justice to a script she was passionate about,” added.
In a statement after learning of the decision, the actress said that “justice has prevailed”, after having “defended tooth and nail the beautiful film that I loved and for which I signed.”
“The film spoke of a cause that is dear to me, climate change, and warned of the wars for resources that will take place if we do not address the problem. I stood my ground, and this time justice has prevailed,” he considered.
