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Cate Blanchett has to "constantly justify" her career in her native Australia. The 'Tar' actress admitted she hates strangers asking her what she does for a living when she's Down Under because she doesn't think her craft is "celebrated" in the way it is in the UK and US, where she spends a lot of her time. According to the Courier Mail newspaper, during an event at the Roslyn Packer Theatre at the Sydney Theatre Company - which she and husband Andrew Upton ran from 2008 to 2011 - she said: “The worst thing for us as an actor in Australia is getting in the back of the cab and a cabbie asking ‘...
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Cate Blanchett said the presentation of an award to Iranian actress Zahra Amir Ebrahim was to “stab” anyone who blocked women’s rights. The ‘Tár’ double-Oscar winner, 54, who has been outspoken about winning equality for actresses, made the statement at the Variety and Golden Globes’ Cannes Film Festival bash. Presenting a pointy-shaped award at the event to Zahra, 41, Cate declared: “This is to stab all the people who stand in the way of women’s rights.” She then held the trophy by her crotch and moved it skyward, saying: “Up the vajajay!” Cate also took her shoes off on the stage “in honour ...
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Cate Blanchett thinks it’s “hard” to get paid as an actress. The ‘Tár’ double-Oscar winner, 54, said she gets frustrated money discussions on film projects are not as “transparent” as other aspects of the production process. She hit out at her Kering Women in Motion talk at the Cannes Film Festival alongside her producing partner, Coco Francini, saying: “It’s hard to get paid as an actress… we’re open about all the other aspects of the process (except money)… I think the more transparent all that stuff, the more you can work out how the money is flowing and where it needs to flow and where it’...
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Cate Blanchett is continually thinking about quitting acting. The ‘Tár’ star, 53, is tipped to win her third Oscar for playing an obsessive conductor in the critically-acclaimed film but says she considers every day and week giving up her career as she falls “in and out of love with it”. She told the February issue of Vanity Fair magazine: “It’s not occasional – it’s continual. “It’s a love affair, isn’t it? So you do fall in and out of love with it, and you have to be seduced back into it.” Cate also told the publication she had turned down several roles since finishing ‘Tár’ as she felt it w...
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Cate Blanchett thought about retiring from acting after her demanding last role. The 53-year-old actress is being tipped for another Oscar for her portrayal of an obsessive composer in ‘Tár’, but said it was so physically and emotionally draining she thought about giving up work. She told Australian show ‘The Sunday Project’ (22.01.23): “I think it was because it was such a physical role, the echoes of it are still with me and I think I’m like a lot of audience members, I need time to process it. “Obviously I’m lucky enough to work with some amazing directors who have changed my life, but when...
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Cate Blanchett’s husband warned her her career would only last five years. The ‘Tar’ actress – who has four children with spouse Andrew Upton – admitted the theatre director advised her to “enjoy” her moment in the spotlight when she first found fame because it was so hard for women to have longevity in the industry. Reflecting on how things have progressed for women, she told OK! magazine: “Well, the landscape has certainly changed. “You know, in the dawn of time when I entered the film industry, which is a very long time ago, I remember my husband saying to me in an incredibly supportive way...
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Cate Blanchett thinks it is impossible to make a movie now which doesn't explore cancel culture or the Black Lives Matter and MeToo movements. The 53-year-old actress - who can next be seen as orchestral conductor Lydia Tár in 'Tar' - insisted all projects at the moment reflect the current cultural climate and admitted the "tragedy" of her latest film is that her character's way of working is no longer deemed appropriate. She told The Times' Saturday Review magazine: “At the moment you can’t create a film, novel or play without it being in some way about cancel culture or the repercussions of ...
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Cate Blanchett wants to make her own cheese. The two-time Academy Award winner is still passionate about acting but she has a yearning to do something completely different and dreams of creating her own delicious dairy delight. During an appearance on the ‘Smartless’ podcast, the ‘Lord of the Rings’ star was asked to name one thing she hasn’t done yet that she’d like to do, and Cate answered: "Honestly, I want to make cheese. I just want to learn to do something [different].” The 52-year-old actress enjoys taking up new hobbies and other pastimes that she has turned her hand to include pottery...
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Cate Blanchett visited a psychic who correctly predicted she would have four children. The 52-year-old actress - who has Daniel, 20, Roman, 17, Ignatius, 13, and Edith, six, with husband Andrew Upton - revealed that when she was playing the role of a psychic in 'The Gift', she decided to visit a real one who ended up being right about "most things". She said: "I'd never even had a reading, so I thought I should. She [the psychic] said some very strange things that didn't make sense at the time, including that I would have four children. Much of what she said came to pass - and here I am with f...
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Carey Mulligan is to star in 'Fingernails'. The 35-year-old actress has joined the cast of the romantic drama which marks the English-language feature film debut for Greek director Christos Nikou. The movie follows a woman called Anna (Mulligan), who increasingly suspects that her relationship with her long-time partner might not be the real thing. In an attempt to improve things, she secretly embarks on a new assignment working at a mysterious institute designed to incite and test the presence of romantic love in increasingly desperate couples. Nikou is collaborating with Dirty Films and exec...
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