Last November I interviewed the French actress Eva Green. Our chat was scheduled for 8am on a Sunday morning. For a diva, that timing was surely a red flag and there ought to have been tantrums, cursings, on-the-spot firings.
Yet Green was open, thoughtful and utterly charming. If anything, she was a delicate flower who needed bringing out of herself a bit.
“I’m shy, I lack confidence. And a lot of people say that is strange for an actress, but it’s true: I have a lot of doubts about myself. I get shy and I become quiet.”
This week I’ve been wondering if Green has since been on some sort of extreme assertiveness training boot camp with extraordinary personality-changing results. Or perhaps, since English is