 Eva Green (qv) beat Cécile De France (qv) for the role of  Vesper. The other finalist, Audrey Tautou (qv) backed out for she  was still working in _Da Vinci Code, The (2006)_ (qv). With her  appearance, Eva Green (qv) became the fifth French actress to play  a leading Bond girl. The others were Claudine Auger (qv)  (_Thunderball (1965)_ (qv)), Corinne Clery (qv)  (_Moonraker (1979)_ (qv), Carole Bouquet (qv)  (_For Your Eyes Only (1981)_ (qv)), and Sophie Marceau (qv)  (_World Is Not Enough, The (1999)_ (qv)).