Cate Blanchett says at Cannes that she's 'always trying to get out of acting' | CNN

She’s one of the most celebrated actors of her generation, but Cate Blanchett wants to branch out

“I’m always trying to get out of acting,” she said at the Cannes Film Festival this week during a conversation with Variety’s Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister. “I’ve been trying to stop acting my entire professional life.” The two-time Oscar-winner was at the ritzy French cinema fest to present her new film, “The New Boy,” which premiered on Friday, a film she stars in and also produced.

She executive produced the 2015 Todd Haynes film “Carol,” in which she also starred, as well as last year’s “Tár.” Both of those films earned her best actress Academy Award nominations. Blanchett also mentioned how on her 2020 FX miniseries “Mrs. America” – which is where she and Francini first met and began their producing partnership – they decided on the mandate that on all their projects going forward, “you must interview a woman and you must interview a person of color.

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