Many audiences likely first became acquainted with Eva Green through 2006’s James Bond movie, “Casino Royale.” It was Daniel Craig’s first foray as 007, and he needed a Bond girl who could keep pace, which Green did in spades as Vesper Lynd. It remains a high point in her filmography, but Green almost didn’t want to audition because she thought the role would simply require her to look sexy and nothing else. In a 2016 interview with W Magazine, she described her thought process: “At first, when they approached me, I thought it would be me wearing a bikini and being beautiful, so I said I wouldn’t audition. Then they sent me the script, and I saw that Bond was falling in love with my character — that she was sensitive and full of secrets. I could understand that.”

Green wants to ensure that if her beauty factors into a film, it serves a purpose. Or at the very least, there should be something more to a character than merely appearing as a sexual object. Speaking to W Magazine, she echoed her comments from previous interviews about how filming such moments is in contrast to her personality. “I am so shy, and, at the same time, I kind of expose myself literally to thousands of people,” she pointed out. “I don’t really understand why I do that. I need to go through therapy!”

While Eva Green’s career has been somewhat defined by nudity, it’s by no means something she’s leaping to do. Hopefully, she will continue picking engaging characters to play.