Удивительно, но актерское мастерство не было первоначальным курсом обучения Бланшетт в школе. Первоначально Бланшетт училась в Мельбурнском университете для изучения истории искусства, а актерская игра была просто
хобби. Увидев ее в пьесе, сестра Бланшетт сказала ей, что она больше не увидит Бланшетт на сцене - только ее характер. Это заставило ее бросить университет и
переехать в Сидней, чтобы вместо этого посещать театральную школу. Этот шаг, очевидно, окупился.
В первые годы своей актрисы «голодный художник» был термином, который полностью относился к Бланшетт. Если вы думаете, что Нью-Йорк - это дорогое место для жизни, попробуйте жить в Сиднее. когда
Бланшет закончила школу, она делила дом с окном, выходящим на кирпичную стену, и ей приходилось копить деньги, чтобы она могла пить кофе в разные дни. Теперь это
мели!
Бланшетт была замужем за драматургом, сценаристом и режиссером Эндрю Аптоном уже 20 лет. Говоря о своем браке, она сказала, что считает одним из самых
Важной частью любого хорошего брака является честность. Она благодарна за то, что она может говорить со своим мужем о чем угодно, не беспокоясь о том, что ее осудят, и он также уверен,
что она остается приземленной и может сказать ей заткнуться, если она глупая.
По большей части Бланшетт говорит, что она хороша в манипулировании различными аспектами своей жизни, но иногда все становится слишком много, и у нее случается кризис. Как ни странно, это не
большие вещи, которые ее получают, но такие мелочи, как неспособность найти ее ручку. Разве это не всегда?
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32. Измерение вверх
При всей своей славе и достижениях Бланшетт все еще беспокоится о том, что она не соответствует стандартам других матерей в частных школах своих детей. Она сказала она
Похоже, так называемая «мамаша мафия» полностью оценивает свои родительские навыки и свою внешность, не понимая в полной мере проблемы баланса работы и детей. За работой
Мамы повсюду могут общаться.
31. Беспрецедентный протест
На Каннском кинофестивале в 2018 году Бланшетт возглавляла Селму Хайек, Кристен Стюарт и 79 других актрис, продюсеров и режиссеров, которые шли рука об руку в знак протеста против красной ковровой дорожки.
требовать равной оплаты за женщин и положить конец сексуальным домогательствам в Голливуде. Бланшетт, которая также была выбрана, чтобы возглавить жюри Канн на фестивале, сказала в своем заявлении: «Мы требуем
что наши рабочие места разнообразны и справедливы, поэтому они могут лучше всего отражать мир, в котором мы живем ». Только время покажет, был ли их протест эффективным или нет.
30. Отстраненный и высокомерный
Когда Бланшетт впервые встретилась со своим будущим мужем Эндрю Аптоном на съемочной площадке, они точно не сработали. Он думал, что она была в стороне, и она нашла его высокомерным, но в следующий раз
они встретились, дела пошли намного лучше. Они присоединились к игре в покер на вечеринке и в итоге отправились домой вместе в ту ночь. Три недели спустя он предложил, и они поженились. Говорить
о вихревом романе!
29. Двойной Бест
Бланшетт имеет звание первого человека, получившего награду «Сиднейский критик» в номинации «Лучший новичок» за работу в Kafka Dances и «Лучшая ведущая актриса» за
в том же году она работала над постановкой «em> Олеанны» Дэвида Мамета в Сиднейской театральной компании. Ее партнером в Олеанне был актер Джеффри Раш, который также выиграл Сидней
Премия Критика за исполнение в Дневнике сумасшедшего.
28. Uncredited Appearance
Occasionally, an A-list actor will make a secret cameo in a movie where you’d least expect them. In Cate Blanchett’s case, the movie was director Edgar Wright’s film Hot
Fuzz, which she jumped into mostly because she was a fan of the director’s previous film Shaun of the Dead. Blanchett played Simon Pegg’s forensic scientist
ex-girlfriend, Janine, but had her face covered with goggles and a mask so only the most eagle-eyed viewers would have spotted her.
27. Unnatural Pressure
In an interview with Sky News for her new film Ocean’s 8 , Blanchett discussed feeling the pressure that comes along with trying to draw audiences to a film with a
female-led cast. She admitted that she was praying the film did well because if it didn’t, it would reinforce the false idea that nobody wants to see an all-female film. She didn’t
have to worry though. The movie topped the box office in its opening weekend and debuted with the highest numbers of the entire Oceans franchise.
26. Dance Like an Egyptian
When Blanchett was 18 years old, she went on vacation to Egypt. Thanks to a fellow guest at her Cairo hotel, she ended up landing a role as an extra in the Egyptian boxing movie
Kaboria . She appeared in three scenes in the movie and was dancing to the movie’s main song in one of them. Lucky girl.
25. It’s Not What You Look Like
Blanchett’s adopted daughter Edith is the baby of the family, and as a result, she ends up with hand-me-downs from her older brothers. Blanchett totally bucks the traditional
attitude towards children’s clothing and states that what her daughter wears doesn’t matter because it’s who she is that counts. Absolutely!
24. They Just Popped Out
All three of Blanchett’s pregnancies were unplanned, and as she told InStyle after giving birth to the third, “they just popped out.” While adopting a child would have
taken a bit of planning on parts of Blanchett and her husband, generally, she is a big believer in just letting things be and not overplanning.
23. Giving it a Boost
In 2015, just days before she was scheduled to walk the Oscar red carpet for the seventh time as a nominee for Carol, Blanchett was trying to drum up some new interest
for the DVD release of her film Truth . The movie, which chronicled the “Rathergate” scandal of 2004, debuted to strong reviews at the Toronto Film Festival but failed to
garner similar buzz at the box office. Though she was proud of both films, she was disappointed that it didn’t find an audience. Can’t win ‘em all.
22. Embodying the Ideal
In May 2018, Blanchett was announced as the first Global Beauty Ambassador for the brand Giorgio Armani Beauty. For the last five years, she’s been the face of the brand’s Si
fragrance and will now represent all of their make-up and skincare products too. According to Armani, they wanted to work with her because she embodies the choice of the Armani
woman.
21. A Little Souvenir
When her part in the Lord of the Rings trilogy was finished, Blanchett couldn’t resist taking home a souvenir. She kept the elf ear prosthetics from her role as
Galadriel and had them bronzed. I wonder if she put them next to the baby shoes.
20. Cate Playing Kate
Cate Blanchett is the only actor to ever win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar winner. Her performance as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator was so uncannily accurate,
she received both critical acclaim and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. I bet even Hepburn would have approved.
19. Walk Like a Man
Portraying a character of the opposite sex is definitely a challenge, but Blanchett found an interesting solution for her portrayal of Bob Dylan in the experimental film I’m
Not There . She said that stuffing a sock down her pants helped her walk like a man, making her performance more believable. That’s innovative.
18. Staggering Range
Critics often praise Blanchett for her range, and if you stack up all of her roles, it’s a pretty wide one. She’s twice played a queen, she’s played Katherine Hepburn and Bob
Dylan, not to mention the evil sister of a Norse God, a wicked stepmother, and a wealthy ‘50s housewife. What can’t she do?
17. Improving the Craft
From the moment she appeared in her first play with the Sydney Theatre Company, Blanchett has been earning accolades for her acting and it wouldn’t seem like there’s any room for
improvement. When asked whether or not she thinks her craft has improved since her theatre days she said: “I hope I got better!” Give her credit for her humility.
16. Stepping Out of Character
There was one moment during the filming of Cinderella where Blanchett didn’t feel in character as Cinderella’s wicked stepmother Lady Tremaine. It was during the
ballroom scene where the Prince and Cinderella began to dance. She said it was such a beautiful, romantic moment it just made her want to weep. Other people on set must have agreed
as she said they all burst into applause afterward.
15. Missing Out
Blanchett was originally supposed to play Anna in the Mike Nichols film Closer but had to drop out at the last minute due to being pregnant. Priorities, right?
14. Not the Girl Next Door
Blanchett has occasionally been criticized for her eclectic choice of roles. Her characters are not always wholesome or likable, but one thing they are not is boring.
13. A Spectacular Failure
One of Blanchett’s slogans is “If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.” Even an Oscar-winning actress can have a turkey once in a while, and not being
afraid of failing is an admirable trait.
12. On Second Thought…
When Blanchett was first offered the role in Oleanna, the play that put her on the map, her first instinct was to turn it down because she thought it was “a misogynistic
piece of crap” and wasn’t thrilled by its questionable sexual politics. She ended up appearing in the play, and recognizes it as a turning point in her career. In fact, thinking
about the play in hindsight, she realizes that the exact things she hated about it are what she ended up enjoying about it the most—the fact that it does generate such strong
emotions. As she put it, “It punches an audience senseless.”
11. The Opposite of Tan
When Blanchett was about 10 or 11 and growing up in Australia, having a pale complexion was “deeply uncool.” She was so anxious to have a tan she would apply baby oil on her
skin and then go out on a tin roof. In her mind, ending up looking purple was a pretty good day, but her mother promptly took away the oil and gave her a talk about the perils of
tanning. Blanchett took the advice to the opposite extreme and became a goth instead. Probably not what her mother had in mind, but she eventually grew out of it.
10. I’m Playing How Many Characters?
When Blanchett agreed to take a role in the film Manifesto , she didn’t realize that she was agreeing to play 13 different characters. She originally believed that she
would be playing about four characters max, but the director was thinking more like 24. They agreed to meet somewhere in between, but she forgot what number they settled on and was
still surprised when she arrived on set.
9. Trapeze Act
Blanchett likens her relationship with a performance to a circus act. As she explains, she can do all the homework in the world to prepare for a role, but in the end, it comes
down to “jumping into someone’s hands” and hoping they catch her at exactly the right time.
8. Double Nomination
Many actors have reprised a well-received role for a sequel, but Blanchett is one of only six actresses in Oscar history to ever be nominated twice for playing the same role in
different films. Her turn as Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth won her the Best Actress Oscar in 1998, and her reprisal in 2007’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age
earned her a second nomination. She is also one of only three actresses to be nominated for portraying a man.
7. Title Characters
At least eight of the films that Blanchett has starred in have had her playing the title character, and it’s probably no coincidence that at least half of those roles have earned
her award nominations.
6. Winning Them All
Every actor hopes to score the role of a lifetime in their career, and for Blanchett, it was her role in the Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine . Her performance earned her
more than 40 industry awards, including the BAFTA (British Film Award), Oscar, Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Golden Globe. Only nine actresses total can say they’ve been lucky
enough to win all five major awards for the same role, so Blanchett is in rare company.
5. Cookie Wish
Prior to her feature film breakthrough, one of Blanchett’s early acting jobs was in an Australian commercial for the cookie brand Tim Tam. In the commercial, she frees a genie
from a lamp and is granted three wishes, and uses her first wish to secure an unlimited supply of cookies. Cookie Monster would be in heaven.
4. A Touching Tribute
Blanchett wrote the profile of friend Sarah Paulson for Time magazine’s 100 most influential people issue in 2017. The pair met on the set of Carol , and Paulson
was immediately awed by her. Blanchett called her a “rare pearl” who is “at the forefront of a generation of women who are changing the landscape of the film and television
industry.” Paulson was so moved by the tribute that she was not only rendered speechless but broke down in tears. Paulson also noted that Blanchett’s work makes her want to act. Now
that’s high praise.
3. No Tweets From Her
If you’re hoping to find Blanchett joining the legions of celebrities who have embraced social media, you’ll be extremely disappointed. Blanchett does not buy into selfie
culture, and thinks that people worrying about what other people think is “pathetic”. While she does admit that she believes social media does offer people a chance to connect, she
has no plans to change her position on joining the fray.
2. Secret Longing
During a June 2018 appearance on a London episode of James Corden’s Late Late Show , Orlando Bloom revealed a fun tidbit about his Lord of the Rings co-star. At
the time of filming, he was a tender 23, and she was 30, but he had a major crush on her. Sadly, she didn’t reciprocate his feelings, but that didn’t stop him from stealthily spying
on her from the corner of the room—in a totally non-stalkerish way of course.
1. Essential Ritual
The last time Blanchett saw her father alive, she was sitting at the piano and waved goodbye as he walked past the window. That was also the day he died, and because she didn’t
get to give him a hug goodbye, she developed a ritual where she couldn’t leave her house until she physically said goodbye to all of her family members. Totally understandable under
the circumstances.