Cate Blanchett Morocco Nightmare: Director’s Tough Methods Revealed

During this shoot, the Australian-American actress had to play a grieving mother. At the same time, her son was the victim of an accident in Morocco. The actress explains that she found herself "a bit on edge" facing this event. It was in this climate that director Alejandro González Iñárritu interrupted the bus scene in the mountains. He sharply criticized the current take, demanding that his team immediately find a solution to prevent the feature film from falling flat.

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This directing method worked. Today, the actress believes that a filmmaker can afford to be "tough or demanding" as long as they allow their collaborators to express themselves. In an interview relayed by Soir Mag, she admits laughing that her bewildered look on screen perhaps reflected her fear of seeing the director return to reprimand her. Over time, she has learned to favor this work on "shifting sands" to maintain a certain degree of humility on every project.

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This flexibility is sometimes accompanied by technical tricks on set. During the filming of "Blue Jasmine," director Woody Allen had the habit of doing only one take before leaving. To get new ones, the actress pretended that her Australian accent was reappearing. She thus took ownership of a subterfuge initially used by Penélope Cruz. An adaptability that the artist handles with ease, even if she admits one shortcoming: she can no longer tap dance.

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