No one could have been a more captivating Milady de Winter than Eva Green! The actress is incandescent in The Three Musketeers, Milady, second part of the diptych inspired by Alexandre Dumas in which she finds Vincent Cassel, Pio Marmaï and François Civil. “Choosing Eva Green to play this heroine was obvious to me,” director Martin Bourboulon confides to 20 minutes. She exudes something attractive, mysterious and inaccessible that made her ideal for the role. »
After James Bond’s Vesper Lynd and Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine, the actress finds a new character of a strong and sensual woman, ready to do anything to survive in a man’s world. “I wanted to avoid falling into the cliché of the ‘femme fatale’ who arrives and seduces with a snap of her fingers,” the actress declared to 20 minutes. My character has a spine. A tragic event changed her forever. Her wounds have built her and she considers her femininity as a weapon. »
The beautiful poisonous plant is as comfortable with weapons in hand as it is in seduction. “It was all in the writing,” she admits. But the creation of the costumes in collaboration with Thierry Delettre was also important. We wanted to modernize Milady, give her a rock’n’roll side which also had to be practical for the fight sequences. » Enough to turn the heads of all the characters who come across her and who do not hesitate to put themselves in danger for her.
A modern heroine
“I hope we identify with the character,” insists Eva Green. She is an avant-garde feminist who doesn’t care about conventions. She is resolutely modern.” A very moving sequence where she plays opposite Lyna Khoudri, touching in the role of pure Constance, reveals unexpected facets of Milady. “You never know when she is sincere or not,” emphasizes Eva Green. Its ambiguity is something exciting to play. She is constantly in ambivalence. » Like the heroes of the film, the spectator is charmed by both the character and the performance of the actress.
And three?
“If it’s with the same team, I would happily become Milady again,” says Eva Green. As Martin Bourboulon does not rule out the idea of a third part if this second opus keeps its promises at the box office, we would love to see her again in this role which fits her like a tight leather glove.