Eva Green is so done with playing 'the girlfriend'
'I want to be as equal as a man'
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Your support makes all the difference.Eva Green is done with āplaying the girlfriendā. So much so, in fact, that she has resolved to turn down any script lacking a female character that is āequal to the manā.
The French actress is best known for playing Daniel Craigās āBond girlā Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale but is now fed up with the stereotypical love interest role.
āI donāt want to be the woman in the script where it goes, āThereās a beautiful, mysterious womanā¦āā she told news.com.au. āJust, OK, forget it. I think I would feel unhappy. Some people play it very well but I want to be as equal as a man, you know what I mean? Itās nice not to play the girlfriend. Itās exciting to be other.ā
Green, 36, will next be seen teaming up with Tim Burton once again (she first worked with him on 2012ās Dark Shadows) for Miss Peregrineās Home for Peculiar Children, in which she plays a woman who can transform into a bird.
āI had a lot of fun playing her like Mary Poppins on speed,ā she said. Best of all, there is no love interest in sight.
Hereās what some of Greenās acting peers have to say about taking those āher indoorsā roles:
Maisie Williams
āThere are a lot of roles that come in that are āthe girlfriendā or āthe hot pieceā. It will say āDerek: intelligent, good with kids, funny, really good at thisā and then it will say āSandra: hot in a sort of cute wayā and thatās all you get.ā - Evening Standard, August 2015
Michelle Rodriguez
āI have such a strong sense of self, there are certain lines I just wonāt cross. Iām really picky about the parts I choose. I canāt be the slut. I cannot be just the girlfriend. I canāt be the girl who gets empowered because sheās been raped. I canāt be the girl who gets empowered and then dies.ā - NJ.com, March 2015
Emily Browning
āI have read a lot of scripts where the girl is just there to be the girl. It is an issue for me. Itās not even about āstrong, female charactersā. People think that means badass girls with guns - which is really fun to do sometimes - but itās just about women being portrayed as real humans. Real, complex, interesting humans.ā - The Independent, September 2015
Naomi Watts
āI would be given back all my studio muscle provided I used it to beat another woman senseless and get so turned on by that thrashing that I would have to have urgent sex with my 60-year-old male costar whose buttocks were to be played by a gymnast. Iām still deciding whether or not I should take that job.ā - Elleās Women in Hollywood awards, October 2011
Miss Peregrineās Home for Peculiar Children arrives in UK cinemas on Friday 30 September
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