Eva Green looks chic in a purple velvet suit at the premiere of Liaison in Paris - amid her High Court battle over doomed sci-fi film

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Eva Green looked chic in a purple velvet suit at the premiere of Liaison in Paris, France on Sunday - amid her High Court battle over a doomed sci-fi movie.

The actress, 42, is embroiled in a bitter legal battle with the makers of the £4.6million movie, with each side blaming the other for the production's demise in October 2019. 

She is suing White Lantern Films for her fee of $1million (£810,000) - even though the movie was never made. 

But Eva was putting her legal woes to the back of her mind as she posed at the premiere for the English and French-language thriller series - also starring Vincent Cassel who was in attendance too.

Green stars as Alison Rowdy in the series, a London-based agent who works for the British government. 

Style: Eva Green looked chic in a purple velvet suit by Alberta Ferretti at the premiere of Liaison in Paris, France on Sunday amid her High Court battle over a doomed sci-fi movie

She looked great in the oversized suit which had a double-breasted design on the slouchy jacket and matching wide leg trousers.

Underneath the James Bond star wore a high-neck embellished silk top with silver detailing and boosted her height with plain black heels.

The brunette beauty wore her short dark tresses in a curly choppy bob and opted for radiant makeup. 

It comes amid her High Court battle over the doomed sci-fi film.

In the dystopian film A Patriot, Ms Green had been due to play the lead role of a soldier, and told the High Court in London that she 'fell deeply in love' with 'one of the best scripts I have ever read'.

But things turned sour, the court has heard, with White Lantern Films claiming the star breached her £810,000 contract by making unreasonable demands which undermined its efforts to produce the movie.

It has revealed messages sent by the Hollywood star about the film's producers and backers, calling them 'super weak and stupid'.

While she apologised for 'inappropriate language' and 'some horrible things' sent by email and text, giving evidence last week Ms Green said that this was 'my Frenchness coming out… this was my emotions speaking'.

Happy: But Eva was putting her legal woes to the back of her mind as she posed at the premiere for the English and French-language thriller series

Cosy: The series also stars French actor Vincent Cassel who was in attendance too wearing a smart cream suit 

The Paris-born actress and model, who began her career in French theatre after spending time in London and Ireland, added: 'Sometimes you say things you don't actually mean, of course they are not weak and stupid.'

Another text message, sent by one of the film's producers, said that he thought Ms Green would 'rather eat tumours' than make the film with another of the producers whom she disliked. 

Ms Green, who was an executive producer for the project, dismissed claims from White Lantern that she sought to undermine the film's production, telling the High Court: 'My heart and soul was in making A Patriot.'

She said: 'It is one of the best scripts I have ever read. As an actor it was very exciting, it is the role of a soldier which I have not played before. It was about climate change, which is very dear to my heart.'

Stars: Vincent, Eriq Ebouaney, Eva, Laetitia Eido, director Stephen Hopkins and author Virginie Brac posed together at the premiere 

However, the Casino Royale star revealed how she feared A Patriot may become a low-budget 'B-movie' after disagreements behind the scenes with the film's financiers and producers.

'When an actor is in a B-movie, you will be labelled as B-actor,' she told the court, adding: 'It could kill my career... I don't care about the money, I live to make good films, it is my religion.'

Mr Mallin has previously claimed that Ms Green had an 'animosity' towards a vision for the project held by Mr Seal.

In WhatsApp exchanges with her agent and the film's director, Ms Green claimed Mr Seal was planning to make a 'cheap B-movie', describing him as 'the devil' and 'evil', he said.

Glowing: The brunette beauty wore her short dark tresses in a curly choppy bob and opted for radiant makeup

Max Mallin, KC, for White Lantern, asked Ms Green if she remembered sending a different text message suggesting that the film under executive producer Jake Seal would be a 'B-s****y-movie'.

The actress said she remembered the message. Ms Green added: 'I never wanted this to be a B-movie, but I realised more towards the end that it was going to happen.'

The actress, who played Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale and also starred in the BBC1 series The Luminaries, is suing White Lantern for her fee of $1million (£810,000), which she claims she is entitled to under a 'pay or play' clause in her contract.

The term 'pay or play' is used in the film industry to refer to when an artist is paid whether or not they are called upon to perform.

Animated! Eva looked like she was having a great time at the premiere as she pulled a series of facial expressions

White Lantern is defending the claim and bringing a countersuit.

Lawyers for Ms Green say she is being portrayed unfairly as a diva by White Lantern. Edmund Cullen KC, for Ms Green, told the court last week 'this case is designed to paint my client as a diva to win headlines and damage her reputation'.

Instead, Mr Cullen insists that Ms Green bent over backwards to try to complete the project.

Detailing accommodations the actress made in order to assist the film, he listed how 'she repeatedly agreed to move back the start date, she agreed to move production from Ireland to the UK, she made repeated offers to use part of her fee to finance the project'.

The film was also due to feature The Jewel In The Crown and Game Of Thrones actor Charles Dance and As Good As It Gets star Helen Hunt. Misery star Kathy Bates was also attached to the movie at one point.

Director Dan Pringle said the proposed budget had been reduced from the £8million originally discussed with Ms Green to a lower estimate of £4.6million.

The trial continues. 

Liaison will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, 24th February 2023. 

The look: Underneath the James Bond star wore a high-neck embellished silk top with silver detailing and boosted her height with plain black heels