Daniel Craig "Renaissance". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended a membership invitation to Craig in 2006. Craig starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the science fiction horror film "The Invasion" in 2007, the fourth film adaptation of the novel "The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney. The film was met with a negative reception from critics, with Roger Ebert believing it to be the worst adaptation of Finney's novel. He portrayed Lord Asriel in "The Golden Compass", the 2007 film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel. Eva Green, who played Bond girl Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royale", also starred in the film,
Eva Green curse turns Johnny Depp's character into a vampire in Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows". In 2014, she played Artemisia in the "300" sequel, "" for which she received excellent reviews. Rafer Guzman in his "Newsday" review stated, "The one bright spot is Eva Green as Xerxes' machinator, Artemesia, a raccoon-eyed warrior princess... Green plays a snarling, insatiable, self-hating femme fatale and completely steals the show." Stephanie Zacharek writing for "The Village Voice" exclaimed, ""Rise of an Empire" might have been essentially more of the same, but for one distinction that makes it 300 times better than its predecessor: Mere mortals of