Eva Green's clash with Hollywood that would have led to her mysterious disappearance

 

When we talk about the most charismatic faces that have walked through Hollywood we cannot leave aside Eva Green, the French actress who, after making her grand debut in The Dreamers by Bernardo Bertolucci in 2003, opened space in the mecca of cinema with epic films like Crusade by Ridley Scott, dazzling as a Bond girl in Casino Royale< /span>.Tim Burton's muse or becoming

During his career he alternated between projects in Hollywood and productions in his native Europe. While in the United States we saw her stand out in adaptations such as Miss Peregrine and the Peculiar Children, Disney remakes such as Dumbo or sequels to prestigious films such as Sin City 2: A lady I would kill for by Robert Rodríguez, the other side of the ocean stood out with the British Perfect Sense with Evan McGregor, the Danish western Salvation< a i=10> with Mads Mikkelsen, the horror series Penny Dreadful or the French thriller Based on real events< /span> by Roman Polanski.

However, in recent years he has left this work dynamic behind, completely abandoning major Hollywood productions and focusing on independent cinema and films from his country. It is a strange move, since, although many of her films were not liked by critics and crashed at the box office, her work was always widely valued and she emerged as one of the female faces most promising in the American industry.

For example, with 300: Rise of an Empire, the criticized sequel to Zack Snyder's 2007 classic, few reviews failed to praise praise to Green aside. Media such as Roger Ebert described the actress as “intimidating” and publications such as Vulture, even destroying the film, admitted that he played “a fantastic card” in his character and that they should opt for a solo film for this role. But the mysterious departure of the Hollywood actress would have little to do with failures or criticism, rather with the fact that the summit of the seventh art did not satisfy the motivation that she always pursued with acting.

THE ROAD THAT LED HER TO HOLLYWOOD

Green did not start acting looking for fame and recognition, but rather as a form of therapy to calm the shyness she had carried since she was little. As she told in a 2016 interview for W Magazine, since her family and teachers encouraged her to Signing up for theater, sees performance and exposure to the public as a way to overcome their limits. “I am very shy and, at the same time, I expose myself to literally thousands of people. I really don't understand why I do that. “I need to do therapy!” She commented on this incongruity that helps her overcome her fears.

The actress exemplified this with her first role in The Dreamers, a highly provocative film in which she exposed herself in the broadest sense of the word. However, this film awakened a new fear in her: being limited to a mere sexual object on screen. In fact, when she was offered to be the new Bond girl in Casino Royale she initially rejected the offer thinking that they would opt for sexualize it.

“At first when they approached me, I thought it would be me wearing a bikini and being beautiful, so I said I wouldn't audition. Then they sent me the script and I saw that Bond was falling in love with my character, who was sensitive and full of secrets. I could understand that,” he continued for W Magazine.

However, over time he realized that Hollywood's obsession with nudity played an essential role for every film he was offered. “I don't like doing nude scenes, they are very uncomfortable, but people in the United States are completely fascinated by them. Sometimes you take it the wrong way, because I'm more than just a nude. They think that since I am French I do it very easily,” he said in another interview with Vice .  

In addition, currently at 42 years old, she has already faced rejections because the industry considers that she no longer meets the ideal of beauty, which has inevitably led her to suffer more insecurities about herself. “Many women say: 'I found myself, I feel much better than when I was 20.' But I still want to be desired: no woman wants to grow old,” she explained on the subject in a 2020 intervention with Town & Country (via Entertainment Tonight ) , when she was 39 years old. "I've already heard that I'm too old for some roles, so I don't want to be a liar and say: 'Oh, she's great.' Those people who say: 'I like my wrinkles, it's my inner beauty'... No!”

For all this, considering that she began acting as a therapeutic method to cure her shyness and overcome her limits, it is understandable that Green has been away from major Hollywood productions since 2019, since we saw her work with Tim Burton in Dumbo. Although he was one of the most promising faces of commercial cinema, he has chosen to prioritize independent and European films, where talent and acting challenges are valued more than the merely superficial aspects of blockbusters.

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Fortunately, this has not stopped him from continuing to look great on screen. An example of this can be found in films like the French film I promise to return , an intimate space drama in which she once again captivated critics and won the nomination for the César Award for Best Actress. Furthermore, thanks to great action and adventure productions from his country such as The Three Musketeers, he continues to delight us with that mysterious and dark vision with which he conquered us in its great Hollywood titles.