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• CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST
• CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST
• CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST
• CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST
• CATE BLANCHETT NEEDS TO PICK A BETTER FIGHT THAN “LET STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAY GAY CHARACTERS!”
• CATE BLANCHETT ON PLAYG INIC LBIANS: ‘I’M NOT INTERTED AGPROP’ON THE LIDOTHE OSR-WNG ACTRS DISCSED HER BUZZY TURN AS GERMAN NDUCTOR LYDIA TáR NEW FILM “TÁR,” AS WELL AS HER CELEBRATED PERFORMANCE “CAROL,” AT THE VENICE FILM FTIVAL.MARLOW STERNUPDATED SEP. 01, 2022 6:25PM EDT / PUBLISHED SEP. 01, 2022 8:24AM EDT DANIELE VENTURELLI/GETTYONE OF THE MOST HOTLY-ANTICIPATED TL AT THIS YEAR’S VENICE FILM FTIVAL IS TÁR, A DARK DRAMA THAT STARS THE GREAT CATE BLANCHETT AS LYDIA TáR, A TRAILBLAZG FEMALE NDUCTOR AND POSER, AND THE FIRST-EVER FEMALE NDUCTOR OF A MAJOR GERMAN ORCHTRA. THE FILM, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE 2022 VENICE FILM FTIVAL, MARKS DIRECTOR TODD FIELD’S FIRST PICTURE SCE 2006’S LTLE CHILDREN, AND HE PENNED SPECIFILLY FOR BLANCHETT.“IT WASN’T WRTEN WH CATE BLANCHETT MD— WAS WRTEN FOR CATE BLANCHETT,” SAID FIELD AT THE FILM’S VENICE PRS NFERENCE.TÁR EXPLOR ALL FACETS OF THE NDUCTOR’S LIFE, CLUDG HER LOVE AFFAIRS WH TWO FEMALE MICIANS UNR HER. IT MARKS THE SEND TIME OF LATE, AFTER 2015’S CAROL, THAT BLANCHETT WILL BE RIDG A WAVE OF OSR BUZZ FOR A LAYERED PORTRA OF A GAY WOMAN. WHEN THE DAILY BEAST ASKED BLANCHETT AT THE PRS NFERENCE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BREATHG LIFE TO DYNAMIC GAY WOMEN ONSCREEN AT A TIME WHEN LGBTQ RIGHTS ARE UNR ATTACK, SHE LNCHED TO A LENGTHY EXPLANATN AS TO WHY.“I THK ’S IMPORTANT ON A SOCIETY LEVEL. HOMOGENEY ANY ART FORM IS ATH,” SHE SAID. “BUT I’M VERY WARY OF BUTTG UP THE WORD ‘IMPORTANCE’ WH THE WORD ‘ART,’ BEE I DON’T SEE THAT ARTISTIC PRACTICE IS AN TNAL TOO. I THK WHAT PEOPLE DO WH AFTER THE FACT THE THG—AFTER ‘THE THG,’ AS TODD LIK TO LL —IS MA N BE POLICIZED, OR DISSEMATED, OR DISCSED, OR PEOPLE N BE DISGTED WH , OR OFFEND BY , OR SPIRED BY . BUT THAT IS OUTSI OF OUR NTROL.” SHE NTUED: “IT FELT URGENT, FELT UNNIABLE. BUT STRANGELY, I DIDN’T THK ABOUT THE CHARACTER’S GENR—OR HER SEXUALY—AT ALL. AND I THK I LOVE THAT ABOUT THE FILM. IT JT IS. IT’S A VERY HUMAN PORTRA, AND I THK THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS MATURED ENOUGH AS A SPECI THAT WE N WATCH A FILM LIKE THIS AND NOT MAKE THAT THE HEADLE ISSUE. IT JT IS.” “IT’S A VERY HUMAN PORTRA, AND I THK THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS MATURED ENOUGH AS A SPECI THAT WE N WATCH A FILM LIKE THIS AND NOT MAKE THAT THE HEADLE ISSUE. IT JT IS.” DCRIBG TÁR AS “A FAIRY TALE,” GIVEN THAT THERE’S STILL NO FEMALE NDUCTOR LEADG ANY OF THE GREAT GERMAN ORCHTRAS, SHE STRSED, “I DIDN’T THK OF OUR FILM AS BEG IMPORTANT. I THOUGHT OF AS BEG UNNIABLE AND HUMAN.”BLANCHETT THEN SPOKE ABOUT THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF TODD HAYN’ CAROL, WHICH IS NOW REGARD AS ONE OF THE GREATT LGBTQ FILMS EVER. “CAROL, WHEN WE MA , NOW I LOOK BACK ON —NO OTHER FILMS LIKE THAT WERE BEG MA, AND PATRICIA HIGHSMH’S STORY WAS THE FIRST STORY WHERE A WOMAN WHO LOVED OTHER WOMEN WASN’T REEMED BY THE LOVE OF A MAN OR KILLED HERSELF, SO ’S A SEMAL PIECE OF WORK THAT AND MANY OTHER RPECTS,” SHE EXPLAED. “BUT AT THE TIME CAROL WAS MA, I SUBSEQUENTLY REALIZED JT HOW IMPORTANT BEME TO PEOPLE. AND AT THE TIME OF MAKG , WAS JT SOMETHG THAT WE HAD TO MAKE, AND SO I’M NOT TERTED AGPROP. WHILST THERE’S A LOT OF HOT-BUTTON TOPICS THAT E UP [TÁR], IS NOT ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THGS. THEY’RE PLOT VIC.” MARLOW STERN
• CATE BLANCHETT FENDS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS
• ROME: CATE BLANCHETT DEFENDS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST

She explaed exactly why shouldn’t matter and tells that we have a lot of work left to do on the sexual orientatn ont, sayg, “What happens the days is if you are homosexual you have to talk about nstantly. After wng a Goln Globe for Bt Actrs - Drama for her performance as a gay poser Tár, Cate Blanchett reacts to her lbian in stat.

CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST

Read on to see what Blanchett had to say about her gay in tle, and watch her reactn to the vio:. Blanchett proved her abily to portray a gay woman 2015's crilly-acclaimed romance perd drama, Carol.

Both crics and viewers celebrated Blanchett's performance as 1950s hoewife Carol, which she expertly ptur the tragic, yet betiful experience of beg a gay woman durg that perd. Her posn as a gay woman is not tegral to the plot le, but 's jt an aspect of who she is, which normaliz beg gay. Although she is married to Andrew Upton, her mment to givg LGBTQ+ members accurate and fair portrayals film, upled wh her vol support for gay rights, has proven the tle is well-served.

However, straight actors playg gay characters rema a ntent subject Hollywood. Cate Blanchett rponds to mours she has a gay pastCATE Blanchett — Cann for the world premiere of her lbian romance ‘Carol’ — has addrsed media speculatn she has a real-life gay Cate Blanchett — Cann for the red-rpet world premiere of her latt movie about a lbian romance — has opened up about media speculatn she has a real-life gay reviews of Carol, set New York the 1950s and directed by Amerin filmmaker Todd Hayn, have been so glowg that the film is already generatg Osr buzz and is a leadg ntenr for the top Cann prize, the Palme d’Or.

CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST

Speakg to the prs on Sunday ahead of the premiere, Blanchett found herself forced to ny that she had had any gay experienc herself.

CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST

The answer is no, ” Blanchett told reporters at a media actor said speculatn about possible gay episos had spng om an terview she had given to publitn had reported that asked Blanchett whether she’d had “past relatnships wh women” and got the rponse: “Y. ”That triggered sdg speculatn that Blanchett had revealed past gay enunters. However, Variety have subsequently stated that they stand by the origal actor add firmly that “ 2015, the answer (to that sort of qutn) shouldn’t matter”, notg that “ 70 untri around the world, homosexualy is still illegal”.

CATE BLANCHETT NEEDS TO PICK A BETTER FIGHT THAN “LET STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAY GAY CHARACTERS!”

They clu Todd Field’s orchtra nductor drama “Tár, ” starrg Cate Blanchett; Darren Aronofsky’s tranged gay father study “The Whale, ” featurg Brendan Fraser; Lra Poras’ doc “All the Bety and the Bloodshed, ” chroniclg bisexual artist Nan Gold’s life and anti-opid csa; Andrea Pallaoro’s trans woman fay drama “Moni”; Emanuele Criale’s “L’immensà, ” starrg Penélope Cz as the mother of a transgenr child; and Gianni Amel’s “Il signore lle formiche, ” the te story of an Italian artist jailed unr an famo anti-gay an average of eight to 10 nome each year, why are twice that number now petn? ”“The award has changed the thkg of some producers and distributors, who at first feared havg their movi been labeled as ‘gay films, ’” he said.

"She ntued, "Homogeney any art form is ath. So while, a perfect world where we didn’t have to worry about discrimatn, there would technilly be nothg wrong wh a straight actor playg a gay character, ’s time to balance thgs out and let LGBTQ+ actors have their shot. Also, a word of utn: fightg to the ath for the right to play a gay character when you’re straight?

CATE BLANCHETT ON PLAYG INIC LBIANS: ‘I’M NOT INTERTED AGPROP’ON THE LIDOTHE OSR-WNG ACTRS DISCSED HER BUZZY TURN AS GERMAN NDUCTOR LYDIA TáR NEW FILM “TÁR,” AS WELL AS HER CELEBRATED PERFORMANCE “CAROL,” AT THE VENICE FILM FTIVAL.MARLOW STERNUPDATED SEP. 01, 2022 6:25PM EDT / PUBLISHED SEP. 01, 2022 8:24AM EDT DANIELE VENTURELLI/GETTYONE OF THE MOST HOTLY-ANTICIPATED TL AT THIS YEAR’S VENICE FILM FTIVAL IS TÁR, A DARK DRAMA THAT STARS THE GREAT CATE BLANCHETT AS LYDIA TáR, A TRAILBLAZG FEMALE NDUCTOR AND POSER, AND THE FIRST-EVER FEMALE NDUCTOR OF A MAJOR GERMAN ORCHTRA. THE FILM, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE 2022 VENICE FILM FTIVAL, MARKS DIRECTOR TODD FIELD’S FIRST PICTURE SCE 2006’S LTLE CHILDREN, AND HE PENNED SPECIFILLY FOR BLANCHETT.“IT WASN’T WRTEN WH CATE BLANCHETT MD— WAS WRTEN FOR CATE BLANCHETT,” SAID FIELD AT THE FILM’S VENICE PRS NFERENCE.TÁR EXPLOR ALL FACETS OF THE NDUCTOR’S LIFE, CLUDG HER LOVE AFFAIRS WH TWO FEMALE MICIANS UNR HER. IT MARKS THE SEND TIME OF LATE, AFTER 2015’S CAROL, THAT BLANCHETT WILL BE RIDG A WAVE OF OSR BUZZ FOR A LAYERED PORTRA OF A GAY WOMAN. WHEN THE DAILY BEAST ASKED BLANCHETT AT THE PRS NFERENCE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BREATHG LIFE TO DYNAMIC GAY WOMEN ONSCREEN AT A TIME WHEN LGBTQ RIGHTS ARE UNR ATTACK, SHE LNCHED TO A LENGTHY EXPLANATN AS TO WHY.“I THK ’S IMPORTANT ON A SOCIETY LEVEL. HOMOGENEY ANY ART FORM IS ATH,” SHE SAID. “BUT I’M VERY WARY OF BUTTG UP THE WORD ‘IMPORTANCE’ WH THE WORD ‘ART,’ BEE I DON’T SEE THAT ARTISTIC PRACTICE IS AN TNAL TOO. I THK WHAT PEOPLE DO WH AFTER THE FACT THE THG—AFTER ‘THE THG,’ AS TODD LIK TO LL —IS MA N BE POLICIZED, OR DISSEMATED, OR DISCSED, OR PEOPLE N BE DISGTED WH , OR OFFEND BY , OR SPIRED BY . BUT THAT IS OUTSI OF OUR NTROL.” SHE NTUED: “IT FELT URGENT, FELT UNNIABLE. BUT STRANGELY, I DIDN’T THK ABOUT THE CHARACTER’S GENR—OR HER SEXUALY—AT ALL. AND I THK I LOVE THAT ABOUT THE FILM. IT JT IS. IT’S A VERY HUMAN PORTRA, AND I THK THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS MATURED ENOUGH AS A SPECI THAT WE N WATCH A FILM LIKE THIS AND NOT MAKE THAT THE HEADLE ISSUE. IT JT IS.” “IT’S A VERY HUMAN PORTRA, AND I THK THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS MATURED ENOUGH AS A SPECI THAT WE N WATCH A FILM LIKE THIS AND NOT MAKE THAT THE HEADLE ISSUE. IT JT IS.” DCRIBG TÁR AS “A FAIRY TALE,” GIVEN THAT THERE’S STILL NO FEMALE NDUCTOR LEADG ANY OF THE GREAT GERMAN ORCHTRAS, SHE STRSED, “I DIDN’T THK OF OUR FILM AS BEG IMPORTANT. I THOUGHT OF AS BEG UNNIABLE AND HUMAN.”BLANCHETT THEN SPOKE ABOUT THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF TODD HAYN’ CAROL, WHICH IS NOW REGARD AS ONE OF THE GREATT LGBTQ FILMS EVER. “CAROL, WHEN WE MA , NOW I LOOK BACK ON —NO OTHER FILMS LIKE THAT WERE BEG MA, AND PATRICIA HIGHSMH’S STORY WAS THE FIRST STORY WHERE A WOMAN WHO LOVED OTHER WOMEN WASN’T REEMED BY THE LOVE OF A MAN OR KILLED HERSELF, SO ’S A SEMAL PIECE OF WORK THAT AND MANY OTHER RPECTS,” SHE EXPLAED. “BUT AT THE TIME CAROL WAS MA, I SUBSEQUENTLY REALIZED JT HOW IMPORTANT BEME TO PEOPLE. AND AT THE TIME OF MAKG , WAS JT SOMETHG THAT WE HAD TO MAKE, AND SO I’M NOT TERTED AGPROP. WHILST THERE’S A LOT OF HOT-BUTTON TOPICS THAT E UP [TÁR], IS NOT ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THGS. THEY’RE PLOT VIC.” MARLOW STERN

It marks the send time of late, after 2015’s Carol, that Blanchett will be ridg a wave of Osr buzz for a layered portra of a gay The Daily Beast asked Blanchett at the prs nference about the importance of breathg life to dynamic gay women onscreen at a time when LGBTQ rights are unr attack, she lnched to a lengthy explanatn as to why. Homogeney any art form is ath, ” she said. Blanchett plays Lydia Tár, a world-renowned gay nductor of a Berl orchtra whose high-flyg reer tumblg down wh an abe sndal.

Blanchett is right that both films don’t solely ri on their lbian protagonists, but that fact is a lson and of self: there’s a lot more to the average gay person than, well, beg gay. Cate Blanchett has fend straight actors playg gay characters and said she will “fight to the ath” for the right to spend disbelief. ”Sir Ian McKellen is among those cril of Hollywood’s attu to gay actors.

No openly gay man has ever won a bt actor Osr, but straight actors have taken home the prize for playg LGBT rol.

CATE BLANCHETT FENDS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

Tom Hanks won one for Philalphia and Sean Penn for straight people have been nomated for Osrs for playg gay characters. Outsi of actg abily, Hollywood has been cricized by multiple human rights groups recent years for givg s limed gay rol to straight actors, as well as givg transgenr rol to cisgenr actors.

As Sir Ian McKellen has poted out, no openly gay man has ever won a bt actor Osr, whereas many straight actors have taken home the trophy for playg gay parts: Charlize Theron Monster or Sean Penn Milk, among others. The Advote has poted out 52 straight people who received Osr nomatns for playg gay characters, cludg both Blanchett and Rooney Mara for Carol.

ROME: CATE BLANCHETT DEFENDS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

The actrs is hopeful that more gay films are beg greenlighted today, sayg that Carol was difficult to get off the ground when was velopment, even wh herself and Mara attached as leads. But if stumbl, may be perceived as yet another example of the curse of the gay love story.

“Brokeback Mounta” buted 10 years ago, and there have been few breakthrough gay romanc sce.