Cate Blanchett Binge-Watched G7 Summit Footage to Tap Into the ‘Bad Theater’ of World Leaders at Work for Satire ‘Rumours’
variety.comTatiana Siegel She might be the greatest dramatic actress of her generation, but Cate Blanchett hasn’t scared away every comedic director.
After all, “Rumours” helmers Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson sent her the script for their audacious satire. “I think in a strange way, everything is funny,” Blanchett said during an interview at the Variety Toronto Film Festival Studio. “We are all absurd in some way, and we all think we’re the heroes and the tragedians of our own stories.
Yeah. Sometimes you make decisions about what you can be involved in based on a lot of things that don’t have to necessarily do with choice.
Sometimes it’s to do with whether it fits in with your kids’ holidays.” “That’s how we got you?” Evan Johnson asked. “Yes, I wanted to be in the forest at night for eight weeks in Budapest, and my kids were really happy about that!” she added.
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