ed 36 and with a 14-year résumé that runs the gamut from witch queen (Serafina in The Golden Compass) to Bond Girl (Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale), Green proves that even in these overexposed times, it’s still possible to be an A-list actress and live a quiet life. “Definitely,” she says. “I can make myself invisible. When I go to Paris [her home is in London], I take the Metro. I wear glasses,” she says airily.
Disguise comes easily to Green. Aged 15, she dyed her naturally blond hair dark brown because “it felt right” and has been a brunette ever since. She used to be even darker, she says, but “it’s not good on camera. It looks like a helmet”.
I share my theory about dark- haired women being more under-the-radar than blonds. “It’s true. I never thought of that,” she says. “It sends a message. Maybe that’s why I wear black: ‘Don’t look at me.’”
She frequently wears black on
the red carpet. Is her style quite gothic? “I’d say more baroque,” she corrects me. “I like to have my armor when I go on a red carpet –
I feel very vulnerable otherwise.