Cate Blanchett swears she’s not Angela Merkel in zombie movie

She’s played a monstrous maestro, elf queen and bounty hunter – now the Oscar-winning actress is taking on our narcissistic world leaders.

Julia Llewellyn Smith

Dec 5, 2024 – 5.00am

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When Cate Blanchett immerses herself in a role, she dives deep. Before playing the monstrous Berlin-based maestro in 2022’s Tár, to BAFTA-winning effect, she taught herself German and mugged up on the basics of conducting.

Her Oscar-winning performance as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004) was built on a meticulous study of the way her intonation varied at different stages of her life.

The Telegraph London