Cate Blanchett: Shelf life of actresses when I first came on the scene was five years
Oscar winning-actress Cate Blanchett, who has been in the industry for almost three decades has talked about how the industry has evolved for women of a certain age since she began acting
- LOS ANGELES — Oscar winning-actress Cate Blanchett, who has been in the
industry for almost three decades, has talked about “ageism and sexism” that
comes with Hollywood.
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- She also went on to explain how the industry has evolved
for women of a certain age since she began acting, reports deadline.com.
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- “The shelf life of actresses when I first came on the
scene was about five years,” she told Business Insider.
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- “I think that female producers have more agency. There’s
more females in the writing room, and the more diverse the industry is at base
level, when things are developed, the more exciting it is for audiences,” added
Blanchett on the current state of women in Hollywood.
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- Since her Oscar-nominated breakout performance as Queen
Elizabeth I in 1998’s Elizabeth, Blanchett has surpassed 100 onscreen credits,
in addition to producing several projects, including Carol, Mrs. America, Tár,
Rumours and her 2024 series Disclaimer.
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- Blanchett is currently pulling double-duty as star and
producer of the Zellner brothers’ upcoming alien invasion comedy Alpha Gang,
which also stars Dave Bautista, Steven Yeun, Zoë Kravitz, Léa Seydoux, Riley
Keough and Channing Tatum.
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- The actress recently shared that Hollywood’s award nights
should go back to being not televised. During an appearance on Matt Rogers and
Bowen Yang‘s Las Culturistas podcast, the trio discussed the invasive nature of
social media and phones.
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- Blanchett said, “There’s so few spaces that you can go
now, where you are private. That’s what I loved about the late ’80s, going to
all of the dance parties in Sydney for Mardi Gras. People were just there.”
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- “They were so present, you know, they were just together,
collectively, having a great time. It was non-aggressive. No one was being
recorded. No one cared what anyone did.”
