Eva Green Breaks Silence On ‘A Patriot’ Lawsuit: “I Was Forced To Stand Up To A Small Group Of Men”
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In her first statement following the conclusion of her court case over the collapse of the sci-fi pic A Patriot, Eva Green has criticized the press for its misreporting during the trial and said she was “forced to stand up to a small group of men” who tried to use her as a scapegoat.
Green won her high court case in the UK against White Lantern and SMC Speciality Finance over the collapse of the A Patriot Friday morning.
The case stems from the collapse of the UK project in late 2019, which Green was due to star in and executive-produce. The case was essentially about determining which party was to blame for the collapse, with both parties having competing narratives on the issue.
Green, whose credits include 2006’s Casino Royale and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City, claimed she was entitled to a $1M fee she agreed to at the outset of the project, arguing that since she had a “pay or play” contract she was owed the money regardless of the film’s collapse before cameras rolled.
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