(CNN) — She is one of the most famous actresses of her generation, but Cate Blanchett wants to dedicate even more time to the cinema.
“I’m always trying to stop acting,” he said this week at the Cannes Film Festival during a conversation with Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety’s chief correspondent. “I’ve spent my entire professional life trying to stop acting.”
The two-time Oscar winner was at the lavish French film festival to present her new film, “The New Boy,” which opens Friday and which she also produces. Speaking with Wagmeister and her producing partner, Coco Francini, at Kering’s Women in Motion talks, Blanchett discussed her work as a producer, which she said “feels (like) an extension, to me, of my work as an actress”.
The star of “Tár” acknowledged that, although sometimes his work in the cinema “involves being in front of the lens”, “sometimes it is behind [del objetivo]where she gets to be “a little too bossy”.
Blanchett is an accomplished producer, with producing credits dating back to 1999. She executive produced the 2015 Todd Haynes film “Carol,” which she also starred in, as well as last year’s “Tár.” Both films earned her Oscar nominations for best actress.
Blanchett also mentioned how in her 2020 FX miniseries “Mrs. America” – which is where she and Francini first met and began their producing collaboration — they decided on the mandate that in all their projects going forward, “You must interview a woman and you must interview a person of color.”
“We’ve both had experiences where we’ve walked on set and done the counting and wonder why some days you feel a little alienated and upset,” Blanchett said.
“I realize that I am the only woman in the cast… there are 62 men, and yes, I am the only woman. This ratio is bad,” she also said. “It’s really blown out of proportion. And it means you’re always laughing at the same jokes. I have a very good sense of humor, but it needs to be changed.”
“I’m looking forward to the day when we don’t even have to do interviews about women in movies.”
(CNN) — She is one of the most famous actresses of her generation, but Cate Blanchett wants to dedicate even more time to the cinema.
“I’m always trying to stop acting,” he said this week at the Cannes Film Festival during a conversation with Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety’s chief correspondent. “I’ve spent my entire professional life trying to stop acting.”
The two-time Oscar winner was at the lavish French film festival to present her new film, “The New Boy,” which opens Friday and which she also produces. Speaking with Wagmeister and her producing partner, Coco Francini, at Kering’s Women in Motion talks, Blanchett discussed her work as a producer, which she said “feels (like) an extension, to me, of my work as an actress”.
The star of “Tár” acknowledged that, although sometimes his work in the cinema “involves being in front of the lens”, “sometimes it is behind [del objetivo]where she gets to be “a little too bossy”.
Blanchett is an accomplished producer, with producing credits dating back to 1999. She executive produced the 2015 Todd Haynes film “Carol,” which she also starred in, as well as last year’s “Tár.” Both films earned her Oscar nominations for best actress.
Blanchett also mentioned how in her 2020 FX miniseries “Mrs. America” – which is where she and Francini first met and began their producing collaboration — they decided on the mandate that in all their projects going forward, “You must interview a woman and you must interview a person of color.”
“We’ve both had experiences where we’ve walked on set and done the counting and wonder why some days you feel a little alienated and upset,” Blanchett said.
“I realize that I am the only woman in the cast… there are 62 men, and yes, I am the only woman. This ratio is bad,” she also said. “It’s really blown out of proportion. And it means you’re always laughing at the same jokes. I have a very good sense of humor, but it needs to be changed.”
“I’m looking forward to the day when we don’t even have to do interviews about women in movies.”
