Eva Green lacks self-confidence away from the camera.
The ‘Casino Royale’ actress often plays strong on-screen roles, but says this is a marked deviation from her real life character.
She explained: "I’m not confident in real life. I’m drawn to play characters who aren’t like me because sometimes they’re the people I wish I could be in real life.
"If somebody annoys you, you say, ‘Off with their head!’ "
The 34-year-old beauty started acting as a means of boosting her self-confidence and has been surprised that is has progressed as far as it has.
She explained to Britain’s Hello! magazine: "I was very shy at school – I never talked and thought I would pass out every time the teacher asked me a question.
"So I decided to take these classes to try to pretend to be somebody else and gain some confidence. I really enjoyed it so it went from there."
The revelation is perhaps made more surprising given that Eva’s mother, Marlene Jobert, also worked as an actress.
Eva explained: "She was very successful in France but she gave it up in her early 40s. She said, ‘This business is quite mad and I want to live my life how I want to live it, without people judging me.’"
Shy star Eva Green
