Bond girl the female lead in "Casino Royale" (2006) was hindered by potential actresses' concerns about the effect that playing the role might have on their careers. At that point, some thought that the Bond series had become stale and would therefore be a less desirable vehicle for young actresses. Nevertheless, the up-and-coming actress Eva Green agreed to play the role of Vesper Lynd, and showed those fears to be unfounded when she won BAFTA's Rising Star Award for her performance. Rosamund Pike, who made her feature film debut as Miranda Frost in "Die Another Day" (2002), went on to earn an
Eva Green more with Burton in Disney's 2019 live-action adaptation of "Dumbo", co-starring with Colin Farrell and Michael Keaton. In 2018, she was appointed as a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an honorary award given by the French government. In addition to her acting career, Green did endorsements for Montblanc, Breil, Emporio Armani, Lancôme, Heineken, and Christian Dior's "Midnight Poison" perfume, in an advert directed by Wong Kar-wai. In 2018, she was in TV adverts for Jaguar I-Pace. In 2007, Green was voted the sixth-sexiest movie star of all-time by "Empire." "Empire" also listed her character Vesper Lynd