Blanchett and director Warwick Thornton cheerfully discussed eradicating their identities, staring at themselves on Zoom, and Pedro Almodóvar.
Where were you both physically while having these calls? Seems like they were some really wide-ranging conversations.I was in Sydney. They were, because of the time difference. Generally Cate seemed like more of a morning person. It was you in the morning, and me after a bottle of red wine at about 11:30.It was a bit random. Sometimes I’d get texts from you that were like, “Oh my god. It’s four in the morning, your time.
Why do you think you two bonded so deeply? It’s unusual to Zoom with one person that often and for that length of time.I think it was phone calls, actually. We didn’t know what each other was wearing. That’s too much information. I got used to Zooms now, and in a way they liberate you, which is great for the planet, from traveling so much for meetings. But there’s something about the telephone.
What do you see as the primary differences between making films in the American studio system and making them in Australia? What did that feel like for you?I don’t think you ever really leave the Australian film industry, to be honest. There’s so many of us working internationally and we all have a very similar ethos which is much less hierarchical than American filmmaking is. We’re used to taking risks.
Definitely. But I do think Australian film has a certain level of darkness running through it that I haven’t quite detected in other country’s films. I’m thinking of, for example,It just seems like there’s just something deeply embedded there and I’m curious if you feel that way, too. An intensity.It’s a young country. Even though it’s one of the oldest countries in the world.200 years old.
My last question is for you, Cate. I interviewed Pedro Almodóvar yesterday and he said he was worried you might be angry about him leaving theadaptation that you were working on together. Can we clear that up for him?He’s gotta get in line now.I just bumped into Ethan Hawke in the hotel. I can’t wait to see the short. This movie was just too big at that point in time. He wasn’t ready to work outside Spain at that particular point.
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