Cate Blanchett-Australia’s Queen of Drama凯特·布兰切特-百变戏剧女王.docVIP

Cate Blanchett:Australia’s Queen of Drama凯特·布兰切特:百变戏剧女王“It’s not my job―and it’s certainly not my interest―to get up there and tell the world who I am，” states one of the worlds most acclaimed actors， Cate Blanchett. Not peevishly1）―just to clarify. Of course， the world is interested anyway. In the slipstream of acclaim garnered by her emotionally raw performance in Woody Allens Blue Jasmine， Blanchett is in London to attend the movies premiere. In NYC， she is also emblazoned2） across billboards as the cucumber-cool3） face of Giorgio Armanis new fragrance， Sì. Talking about her amazing year since her tenure as co-artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company ended， our conversation turns to the psychological tightrope4） that all celebrated actors must walk between performance， real life and public persona―as seen through the distorting lens of global fame. Whatever， maintains Blanchett. “It doesnt matter. The public ‘Cate Blanchett’ is not actually who I am， so it doesnt worry me at all，” she says. “Acting is about holding up a mirror and reflecting people back at themselves， which I know sounds clichéd and wordy. But I am who I am and thats the person my family knows. If you see me on stage or in a movie， you see a different side.” Make that so， so many different sides5）. As opposed to actors who largely play what passes for6） themselves’ in vehicles7）， Blanchetts famous and eerie ability to shapeshift has been the hallmark of our fascination and respect since she levitated8） from the Sydney theatre world in her 1998 breakout title role9） in Shekhar Kapurs Elizabeth， humanising British historys most compelling queen. Blanchett has smashed it on the world stage ever since. There are the bold， quirky career choices， including gender bending as Bob Dylan in Im Not There10）； a pantheon of plum11） stage roles such as Blanche DuBois12） and Hedda Gabler13）； the Streepian14） ability to completely disappear into fully realised portrayals， each one unrecogni