Favourite roles of Cate's?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Cate Blanchett
ElvenKing4 — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 05:25 PM)
I love her in LOTR/Hobbit, Cinderella and Hanna. And I am excited to see her as the villain in Thor 3, as Kaa in Jungle Book (if it ever gets made) and in Ocean's Eight.
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SnapePrince — 9 years ago(September 21, 2016 02:36 AM)
My favourites are:
- Queen Elizabeth (in both films "Elizabeth" and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age")
- Galadriel (in all Lord of the Rings-The Hobbit saga)
- Daisy Fuller (in "The Curios Case of Benjamin Button")
- Carol Aird (in "Carol")
- Jasmine French (in "Blue Jasmine")
And a special mention to June aka. Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There"
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Artanis_Finarfiniel — 9 years ago(September 21, 2016 12:28 PM)
Are we talking purely performance here or how interesting and dynamic you find the actual role/character she's playing? Because my lists would be slightly different.
Performance-wise:- Jasmine French in Blue Jasmine
- Queen Elizabeth in Elizabeth & Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator
- Jude in I'm Not There
- Carol Aird in Carol
Character-wise: - Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit trilogies (biased, Galadriel is my favourite literary character of all time)
- Queen Elizabeth in Elizabeth & Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Kate Wheeler in Bandits (Haha, I love this character)
- Jasmine French in Blue Jasmine (she may be a nightmare, but she's a fascinating nightmare)
- Daisy Fuller in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Of futb68ure characters I'm definitely looking forward to Hela in Thor: Ragnarok the most. Hela is a really fun villainess in the Thor comics, I can't wait to see what Cate does with her.
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MladenVuk — 9 years ago(September 22, 2016 01:51 AM)
As for Thor, it seems that Blanchett may be staying in MCU for a bit longer, as there are rumors that Hella will take the role of Mistress of Death making her one of the antagonists of entire MCU. It would be glorious to see Cate doing yet another franchise and enriching it with her talent.
As for performances, the one that I fell in love as the kid and the one that still makes me so small, simple and human is Galadriel. Let me be honest, there are many amazing roles across the fantasy genre, but Blanchett commanded such a presence as Galadriel that 5b4it is almost impossible to believe it is a human acting. She WAS the ethereal, magnificent and serene being we were all in awe with.
Performance-wise- Carol Aird in "Carol". Those who have read the book know that Carol is not fleshed out character in the book and that she is more the object of fascination and love than a real human being. Cate exuded just the right amount of that energy that made audience (like sweet Therese) fall in love with her, but also humanizing her. The script and Cate herself truly made Carol memorable and through such subtle movements, stares and with such quiet voice, she managed to bring out enormously profound sorrow of her character.
- Queen Elizabeth in "Elizabeth" and "Elizabeth: Golden Age". Oscar pundits will forever mourn the opportunity they missed in 1999 when they awarded Gwyneth Paltrow as the Best Actress in "Shakespeare in Love". It is one of the major Oscar crimes regarding the role that is so usually cited as one of the best performances in history. What is incredible about Cate in both movies is the mixture of youthfulness and wisdom. She managed to express growing into the "Virgin Queen" so beautifully and with such grace it is impossible not to watch every second of that performance We can only hope Kapur and Blanchett are preparing 3rd movie for us some time in the future.
- Jasmine French in "Blue Jasmine". It was a glorious year for women in l2000eading role. Never before we had such a battle and so many performances that could so easily take that statue and be remembered in history. Streep, Bullock, Adams, Dame Dench were all on top of their game, not to mention horrendous snub of Emma Thompson or what darlings of indie cinema: Gerwig and Exarchopoulos have done. And yet, there were no other choice. It was all about "veni, vidi, vici" for Blanchett. The role is extremely difficult and technical, full of dramatics that had to be modulated with surgical precision and yet allow yourself not to be constrained. How Blanchett did that is beyond me but this incredible mixture of theater dramatics and cinema naturalness is what made Cate unquestionable winner in the year where people couldn't decide which performance was their favorite. The fact that this is not a solitary performance, that we are speaking of actress who can constantly push the boundary is truly astonishing.
- Jude in "I am Not There". With the exemption of Tilda Swinton, nobody in Hollywood can approach androgyny in such way. The role was incredibly well acted, with proper mimicry that it was not dramatic or caricature-like, but an actual human being. It was an experiment, it was pushing of what someone can do and Blanchett proved that there are places where only the boldest and bravest can go.
- Sheba Hart in "Notes on the Scandal". You want to watch a movie where a teacher is having intercourse with her minor student? I don't think so. But "Notes on the Scandal" is the movie that any true lover of cinema must watch. The actress who played Katherine Hepburn, Elizabeth and Galadriel went complete opposite and did someone who has fallen from grace in such a hard, devastatingly wrong way. There can be no excuses, no apologies and yet Blanchett's performance makes you think about stiffness of life and about various ways people break the cahoot they have found themselves in. By all means, what Sheba did was undoubtedly wrong, but when you see her destroyed like that, the performance itself makes you pity her more than just being disgusted by her. This was a marvelously acted fall from grace and the reason why this movie is truly among Blanchett's finest work.
That would be mine 5 best performances by Cate. Hope I you won't get bored reading ALL of that
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Artanis_Finarfiniel — 9 years ago(September 22, 2016 05:17 PM)
As for Thor, it seems that Blanchett may be staying in MCU for a bit longer, as there are rumors that Hella will take the role of Mistress of Death making her one of the antagonists of entire MCU. It would be glorious to see Cate doing yet another franchise and enriching it with her talent.
Yeah, the rumours that Hela and Mistress Death will be merged into one character have been going around for a few months. If true, it means that Cate could potentially end up playing a key role in Avengers: Infinity War and it's sequel, the biggest movies in the MCU to date.
As for performances, the one that I fell in love as the kid and the one that still makes me so small, simple and human is Galadriel. Let me be honest, there are many amazing roles across the fantasy genre, but Blanchett commanded such a presence as Galadriel that it is almost impossible to believe it is a human acting. She WAS the ethereal, magnificent and serene being we were all in awe with.
Cate will always be Galadriel to me. Watching her in that role is akin to a religious experience for the massive Tolkien devotee that I am.
That role could never in a million years be cast better.
Hope I you won't get bored reading ALL of that
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