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.
