Cate Blanchett is eager for a pre-social media period of awards reveals.
The 2x Oscar winner not too long ago made the case for non-televised awards reveals after she found the “blasphemy” of lip readers on TikTook who reveal what celebs are saying in movies from the unique occasions.
“Go back to the day when it wasn’t televised,” she stated on the Las Culturistas podcast. “Bring that back and just have a great party where people can just let go.”
Blanchett continued, “I mean, the fashion is great, and all of that stuff. We’ll find out in the end who won or who didn’t win. But it would be so nice that that happened behind closed doors. Absolutely a very different evening.”
During the podcast, the Black Bag actress additionally decried the shortage of privateness amid the age of social media. “There’s so few spaces that you can go now, where you are private,” she advised co-hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers.
“That’s what I loved about the late ’80s, going to all of the dance parties in Sydney for Mardi Gras,” stated Blanchett. “People were just there. 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.”
Blanchett has beforehand gained the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her efficiency in The Aviator (2004) and Best Actress for Blue Jasmine (2013), along with six different nominations.
This yr, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress — Limited Series or Television Film for her position in Disclaimer.