Eva Green Defends Film Against Anti-catholicism Claims.

07-12-2007 06:21

Eva Green Defends Film Against Anti-catholicism Claims....

Actress Eva Green has dismissed criticism her new movie The Golden Compass is an attack on Catholicism as a "fuss about nothing".The Casino Royale star insists author Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials literary trilogy, of which The Golden Compass is the first book, is morally sound, despite its thinly-veiled critique of the Roman Catholic church.She says, "I am amazed people are so bored. They are making a fuss about nothing.

"In past regimes in Russia and China, everyone controlled beliefs. This is more about free will, freedom of speech and fate. Although the story evolves a lot. It is very religious in the third book".The anti-religious content has reportedly been toned down in the film version of The Golden Compass on the orders of studio executives at New Line cinema, who feared a backlash in America.The film's star Nicole Kidman was also said to be concerned over perceived anti-Catholic sentiment in the original story.