Cate Blanchett on Tár and lesbian icon status: ‘I don’t what it means - but I’ll take it!'

[@ngpclr]

someone put this woman to read thirsty tweets and she will know what it means to be 😅

[@jvsseio]

PLEASE THATD BE SO GOOD

[@josij434]

PLEASE

[@mariamtchokho7499]

Oh, yessss

[@StefaniaBerlin]

YES do it!

[@Annikidiary]

They both exactly knew what it means just look at how Nia laughs

[@normadesmond6017]

of course they did. But this is only 2023....

[@Marc-13]

But aren't honest and lie about it. Typically for actresses. No one ever speaks the truth about anything.

[@harryhaller9386]

what do you mean by "It"?

[@normadesmond6017]

@@harryhaller9386 it's not me, but the remark of the reporter. And by it she says I'll accept it when I have a lesbian status.

[@cheyennehale420]

Exactly!!! Like come one Cate you know EXACTLY what it means that’s why you feed us daily 🛐🛐🛐

[@LVHVOGUE]

3:08 i know cate isn't pretending she doesn't know what it means while being dressed like that 😭

[@f.2596]

she is so silly she knows exactly what she is doing 😭

[@layma5113]

and having an insta account for "research" too 👀

[@TinyToyBlicky]

@layma5113 lmaoo expose her, lol Jamie Lee said she creeps under a fake account.

[@Nobody-nv6ds]

@@TinyToyBlicky The only thing creepy is insisting she's into women, living a lie. Her husband must feel great about that

[@NoNameBrand450]

@@Nobody-nv6dsagree it’s creepy. that’s literally what some Taylor Swift fans do too 😭. They think she’s a secret lesbian living a lie and her boyfriend of 6 years is a contract 😂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

3:09 SO EXCITING TO HEAR SHE’S ACCEPTED THE TITLE OF LESBIAN ICON.

[@BiBaBo49]

What else is she gonna say while being interviewed by a gay magazine?

[@munci6474]

@@BiBaBo49 Cate knows that since long time...she s playing ;-)

[@josij434]

She knows it for a long time

[@harryhaller9386]

I think its just pathetic and opportunistic!

[@sailorgalaxia963]

3:20 Nina just gave “oh sure you don’t” giggle

[@susieq8424]

LOL. Nina knows. Cate knows. We all know. I love Nina's giggle, btw 🤣

[@KJ_nyc]

Cate handles these silly questions so fantastically. Not only is she a great actress, she seems like a first-class human being. Love Nina Hoss, too. This was superb casting.

[@milly5678899]

I could not agree more with you. I honestly have to say that at times it tiring analyzing every detail to make controversial something so natural as two women or two men being in love and having a normal life like anyone else. I LOVED THE FILM, by the way!

[@Marc-13]

Couldn't disagree more on your opinion of Blanchett. Fake, dishonest and hypocritical! There is nothing natural left on her. Also she nowadays is horrid and repulsive. Just a mask face. She is so much botoxed and operated. She looks not good anymore. She was my favorite actress and I admired her, but now I have no clue why she completely transformed into the artificial celebrity like everybody else.

[@larisalles4700]

Que espetáculo de atriz é Cate blanchet. Ambas maravilhosas

[@jacquelinejoyce8066]

It would be interesting to see Cate Blanchett and Jodie Foster in a film together. They are both brilliant women.

[@TinyToyBlicky]

She knows exactly

[@Juliette_4]

Love you Cate! You deserved the Oscar for Ta'r !

[@nternetrat]

2:09 damn. something about this is really really healing and nuanced bro. i can't fully describe it in words. but her response was just so freeing, so happy, so free. freeing up the air around the topic. makes me feel as though "gay" isn't something to be talked *grimly* about. but just another beautiful thing, and it's no biggie. yeah. very healing. edit: 3:09 HEALING AS WELL.

[@sailorgalaxia963]

3:23 the exact “3 things you can lick- A LOLLIPOP” smile

[@markeysparkeymarkey]

Do you think Ellen (with her naughty sense of humour) set Cate up with that question ?

[@sailorgalaxia963]

@@markeysparkeymarkey Ofc she always does that to her guests, and Cate is the one who always plays along, and sometimes even adds some of her own random naughty stuff from her head, but Ellen never plays along with her

[@jakebe4915]

Kate is up there with Streep, Close, Hepburn, Davis. Amazing actress of our time. TAR is phenomenal. Go see it.

[@jodyvance1554]

Not to mention other great non-American actors.

[@AN-cy7xm]

So glad that you included Sammy Davis Jr...Always getting overlooked!

[@leohan9598]

@@AN-cy7xm 🤣🤣🤣

[@emilyrugburn9167]

​@@AN-cy7xm - LOL

[@63MGB1]

Offense meant, but please get out more often and see some non-English language films too.

[@nadjaluthi3125]

I watched Tar for a second time still blown away by Cate's acting a league if its own

[@bojangles-y7v]

she’s honestly incredible

[@DeeDeeFatmLoverWanab]

Hahaha she knows what it means 😭

[@alicesytchannl]

😭

[@trblemker00]

100%

[@ZarrysLux]

"I don't know what it means", sure Cate we believe you

[@mybiz2167]

Oh Cate, the walking lesbian thirst trap!"I don't know what it means"... It means that you have reaped what you have sowed, darling. 😂

[@jvsseio]

I absolutely live for the both of them. they’re just so ahhh

[@lahaza6515]

Only in America do people say things like this so cavalierly.

[@bread2951]

I can show exactly what "lesbian icon" means if she allows me too.

[@nolovelost4020]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@blu7878]

Oh my 🤭

[@nternetrat]

girl

[@PersepolisPF]

Get in line behind me and every other gay woman on the planet! 😍😍

[@diwolfieluv]

Queue starts behind me

[@gianbattistalasagna7944]

Cate non è solo icona gay, è icona di eleganza, di professionalità, di bravura:è in tutto e per tutto un'icona della settima arte. Brava, Brava!!!😘😘😘

[@vanessacamilleri441]

Cate Blanchett, I hold her up there with Katherine Hepburn, Betty Davis, Lauren Bacall, etc...

[@smp101998]

Such a beautiful interview!

[@kd0079]

1. She knows exactly what that means. 2. I identify as a straight woman. But seriously what does sexuality has to do in the conversation when the person in question is queen cate blanchett?? Is it even possible not to love her??

[@captlanc]

I know, right? You ain't straight if Cate Blanchett doesn't turn you gay for her! The whole world would turn gay for her, she's literally made to be a girl trap!

[@belkisszerres7722]

Oh Nina Hoss . What an incredible actress..watch her play the tender film Barbara.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

The title should have ‘I don’t know what it means…”

[@pamelaguarda9313]

You know very well what it's that mean honey ♡

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Cate is an icon. Period.

[@sakurauchiha5562]

Nina’s laugh is so adorable but there is also complicity ❤❤

[@kathleenburke4728]

She ( Cate) is so awesome! Just love her❤️✨✨✨✨

[@noneoftheabovemedia]

Tis the season for Cate to tease us all again by thinking she's gay

[@ericadams7834]

CATE FOR THE OSCAR!

[@munci6474]

she will win :-)

[@janetdotson7829]

She's probably rooting for Yeoh to get it.

[@ruthmorenovazquez1623]

Come on lesbians🤸🏽‍♀️

[@oooodaxteroooo]

being a lesbian icon means that lots of lesbian women want you, i guess 🤣 when you look at her hugging and kissing michelle yoeh from behind like shes her lover, you know she knows 🤣

[@emilyrugburn9167]

Not just lesbians LoL

[@VILJL]

At the 95th Academy Awards (2023), Tár received six nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Field, and Best Actress for Blanchett.

[@mariaelenaahumada5940]

CATE ES MARAVILLOSA BELLA DE TODAS LAS FORMAS..🥰

[@justafan323]

Bizarre movie but the acting was superb. Cate is an excellent actor, on and off screen!

[@jodyvance1554]

It's 'bizarre' if you usually just watch generic formulaic movies like most Americans seem to do.

[@kllwc7772]

I loved Nina is the new season of Jack Ryan ❤I also didn’t know she sang with the Manic Street Preachers 😮🎉😮🎉

[@jodyvance1554]

Watch her in the Christian Petzold films; esp. Phoenix and Barbara.

[@kllwc7772]

@@jodyvance1554 Hmmm,I’m going to add them to my 🎭🎭list 😎

[@munci6474]

wow haven t heard of this film yet...Nina and Cate...can only be fantastic!!!

[@panoskarliotis382]

I think that Cate Blanchett must do at last a film with Nicole Kidman...

[@thejohnnth]

Both are usually involved in "high-browned" films, but the stuff they take on are wildly different

[@olivia-performanceartist3693]

Noooooo

[@captlanc]

Kate Winslet too. And Naomi Watts.

[@mlodestar2743]

I don't want to be unkind, but I'll just observe that Blanchett is a skilled actor, also intelligent and a highly calculating self-promoter. If she wasn't these things, she wouldn't be where she is in her career. So, as with most behavior by actors... take it all with a large grain of salt.

[@justafan323]

You have nailed it on the head!!

[@olivia-performanceartist3693]

Perhaps but it doesn't come across as irritating as Nicole Kidman who tries hard at false modesty. At least Blanchett can articulate real answers to questions instead of Kidman's self-aggrandising 'bravery' for choosing a role.

[@captlanc]

I don't know why you said that in this video, do you mean to say she pretends to be gay or something? Besides, that's just a cynical viewpoint with no real substance behind it. Just because she is eloquent, charming and intelligent, she must be a calculating promoter? Can't she be a highly confident and highly skilled woman who doesn't need all that 'calculation?

[@gengarberg]

Couldn’t agree me more. Sometime gives me a cringy touch but I still love her.

[@gengarberg]

Have watched several interviews of her esp addressing sexuality - it’s always a trap. She knows what people loves about her & she just keep us in the dark when in fact, we all know what is she - straight af.

[@beancate]

i know what you are, cate

[@jucarvalho111]

a lollipop

[@beancate]

@@jucarvalho111 real

[@susieq8424]

​@@jucarvalho111a hot lollipop

[@jacquelinejoyce8066]

Two not so well known films that Cate was in: Notes on a Scandal (Cate plays a woman who Judi Dench's character has a lesbian crush on), The Man who Cried (Cate plays Lola, a Russian dancer.)

[@ciudadanakane8743]

2 of my favs, specially "notes", I have seen it soooo many times, love her and Judy, masterclass actresses! also "Charlotte grey" is lovely.

[@jacquelinejoyce8066]

Some other not so well known films that are on youtube with Cate: Manifesto(Cate plays 13 roles) and the short film Red.

[@yoana0608]

I love her and I have a boyfriend, come on who isn’t on for cate blanchett!!!!

[@jochenrettig6391]

Nina Hoss sang with Manic Street Preachers on Glastonbury. Blanchett spoke about her taste in Einstürzende Neubauten. I love them both without their awesome acting 💋👍🌹

[@YvoSouthAfrica06]

Love Nina Hoss, she was great in Homeland.

[@sakurauchiha5562]

I’m about to start watching Homeland. I just finished Jack Rayan season 3 and wow she was absolutely phenomenal. First class woman!

[@jacquelinejoyce8066]

Cate Blanchett is the only female celebrity I have had dreams about multiple times, and no I am not a lesbian.

[@kirsteneklund2509]

Same here ! She has that certain " something "

[@canuckgirl1624]

Who is Cate wearing? 🔥

[@julia4768]

cate, we know what you are, baby

[@RobertSmith-rj9md]

Kates a natural xx love her.xx

[@gianbattistalasagna7944]

Brava Cate, risposta intelligente!!!

[@customjuices]

"I don't know what it means - but I'll take it." -This is LITERALLY what Chris Lilley's character Jana says when she's referred to as a 'gay icon'. Jana has to be one of the most hilarious and interesting characters Lilley has created. A South African, lesbian pet psychic? Who thinks of that?

[@harryhaller9386]

Two people have a child - yeah, I see... - sounds like two people have a cup of tea...

[@normadesmond6017]

Darling, you know what it is . And you are. In a lot of your movies there is a lesbian udnertone of beeing gay. So, come on. You know what it means and you do it well....

[@De_liebste_un_beste_Mensch]

Nina Hoss, wie immer großartig. Durch ihre Erfahrung in der Berliner Schule hat sie es nun schon sehr weit gebracht. Sowas von verdient!

[@sakurauchiha5562]

We love Nina 🎉🎉🎉 standing ovation for her roles. 🌎

[@RQ--dg5ne]

Is tar really the icon we should be seeking here?

[@madmaxx9897]

Yeah baby - that´s exactly what I think while watching 😆

[@ToddDouglasFox]

Sorry, we are still in the bigger world of “it matters” that it’s two women. This is true for both queer people and straight (however many are truly of the latter).

[@MiS-jy4gm]

TAR, Carol . . . how many lesbian roles did Cate play in recent history?

[@StefaniaBerlin]

Well... look at her, she exacly know what that means ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@gengarberg]

I love how she teases everyone bcoz she knew abt being a lesbian icon BUT I find it cringy and opportunistic at times - kinda repulsed by her doings esp knowing she’s all in straight. That part I don’t like.

[@sstrauch9193]

In every Interview where she is with women she gives an impression being interested in women, not to forget she is married to a man. It could be an open marriage, who knows

[@sailorgalaxia963]

Like c’mon have you seen her childhood photo with a Winnie Pooh toy? The suit, the boyish hair cut, all of that was from the beginning… And also she did an interview with a British high school, where she told that she played men during her high school years because she passed as one. And that one interview where she told that she wanted to be a man when she grows up (I literally thought the same during my childhood, bcs I wanted to be a man just to be with a girl. I love Cate Blanchett because sometimes she is way too relatable, and I don’t get how she happens to be on the “other side of the coin” at least as she tells on public. We will never know the truth

[@sstrauch9193]

@@sailorgalaxia963 maybe she is genderqueer which means she feels part woman and other part like a man. I wouldn't be surprised if she is secretly with a woman beside her husband. Or she has a girlfriend and her husband is just a cover up. Too many chemistry with women

[@R.A.A.]

2:36 "GLAAD" worthy. 👁😌🏳️‍⚧️

[@Anamer22]

Someone needs to show her some of the hundreds, if not thousands, of Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter accounts that worship her as a lesbian icon.

[@gypsysislowara7664]

im hungry of cate ..im gay ..im in love❤❤

[@panoskarliotis382]

good film, and Cate will probably win the Oscar, but 2 hrs and 38 minutes man?? too long...Todd Field could shorten it a bit, to 2 hrs and 10 minutes perhaps...the film was good anyway

[@colettem9649]

A chaque fois qu'il y a un rôle de lesbienne ils font appele à Kate Blanchett Les actrices manqueraient de courage ?

[@helenross3037]

the way she looks at her costars... it's tragic for me i feel

[@mattstevens7601]

Is this guy the editor of a lesbian magazine or something?

[@ianzhao5693]

I don't title like, but interview goodie!

[@mounarania1958]

Who knows how to contact me? Ina weisse please I need it

[@haniiiiin]

YEAH BABY

[@amylea1334]

Portraying a lesbian as a predator is an extremely overused stereotype. The fact that the interviewer and the 2 actors don’t seem to understand this is strange to me. It would have been more interesting if the interviewer had asked about this.

[@inofmotion]

Thank you for raising that point. The movie's nuances about the character and her situations compensate for some of the criticisms that can be brought against it, however it is a trope that feels unaddressed both in the movie and in the discourse around it.

[@glasss1978]

Agree, and add to it the 'mentally unstable woman' stereotype as well as a bonus. Then look up Marin Alsop's biography and gasp - no wonder she hates this movie... so do I tbh. No idea what was the point of making it, and no wonder it flopped so badly.

[@kszoka3265]

Thank you! Not to mention that 95%+ of the "me, too" accusations (probably higher) are not women on women. But its sensational to have it be a lesbian. And, with Cate in the role, it good box office. That's what its about. I totally get Marin Alsop frustration with the film. And, BTW, Carol was not the first lesbian film. Read Highsmith's books its 1000% better than the film. Things are a bit better today, but try being a gay teen in small town USA and you might not feel the same way ...

[@jm960]

Must say I was revolted by this movie. I am an orchestral musician living in Berlin. This is all just so wrong on many levels including the pat, and hollow put down of "cancel culture", the power hungry predator lesbian who is emotionally and mentally unstable, the abominable attempt to look like a conductor conducting, the nonsense about choosing a soloist to perform Elgar(it is never done remotely anything like that), the endless nonsense coming out of the conductors mouth, the ridiculous and unrealistic way the musicians are treated. I wish I hadn't seen this movie and the sold out theatre last night seemed to be very happy when it finally ended.

[@lucialaluce2221]

Let’s ask an actual lesbian about all this shall we. Definitely absent from this party of 3.

[@nternetrat]

queer at least

[@renae3857]

Looooooveee her

[@troygaspard6732]

Yep, being queer doesn't give you a pass for abusive behavior.

[@doublefeature]

it means you give off super gay vibes despite being a heterosexual married woman, duh. keep flirting w/ sarah paulson and jaime lee curtis and then ask why, bb.

[@normabarona-xp1rv]

Homofobia en el Oscar?

[@connor2298]

What does it actually mean though? Sounds kinda stupid of a title to me?

[@adolfopena7358]

I thought that was Brie Larson next to her.

[@canuckgirl1624]

Nina reminds me a bit of Sarah Paulson. That would be a three-peat for Cate and Sarah, I think?

[@ellielou777]

cate we know your lying girl 😁😁

[@gianbattistalasagna7944]

Cate è fantastica anche per le risposte che da''alle sciocche domande del giornalista ❤❤❤❤

[@lbali2896]

This guys jumper is annoying

[@maxmusic5380]

Why does she always play lesbians?

[@PersepolisPF]

So twice out of 70 plus films now means always?! 😂😂

[@A_friendwithoutbenefits]

@@PersepolisPF lol

[@juliettaaragon1831]

@MaxMusic If you've never seen any of the other movies that Cate Blanchett has been in... main character roles...then you have missed out on her very versatile talents as an actor.

[@elsama84]

What the fuck, just twice

[@LJLe]

Uh huh u sure don’t know what it means Cate 😌😌

[@peteradaniel]

Love Cate, but I’d rather have an actual queer person as any kind of queer icon, than a straight cis heteronormative actress.

[@markeysparkeymarkey]

She might be bi

[@peteradaniel]

@@markeysparkeymarkey well for me, part of being a queer icon means coming out as one and being an active part of the community at large. I don’t see Cate Blanchett chiming in on trans rights or being part of the battle during clause 28. Or even being an active part of the community.

[@markeysparkeymarkey]

@@peteradaniel I think her choice of playing two lesbian characters, and a teacher who is the recipient of a lesbian crush (in notes on a scandal) shows either subconsciously or consciously, she is choosing these roles

[@yvesntual12]

Is she really heteronormative? Her fashion style is quite androgynous, she always makes flirty jokes with her female colleagues and she doesn't mind playing lesbian roles. Also recently she made a donation for female, trans and nonbinary directors to finish their projects this year or something like that. She is not active in the community because, well, she's an old lady, but she has shown her support multiple times. More than enough to be a lesbian icon. There's other straight women who have done less for us but ppl in the community consider them gay icons anyway, so I don't see the problem with Cate

[@itsnotforyoujen2055]

Sorry but did she have to make the character a predator? Doesn't do lesbians any favours

[@amylea1334]

I completely agree.

[@Sssvvvgggwww]

What a stupid comment. Did she write the screenplay? Is she a director of the movie?

[@itsnotforyoujen2055]

@@Sssvvvgggwww is it stupid? Are you stupid, with the insults? She didn't have to take the role. It feeds into the idea that all lesbians are predatory, so not stupid. Get some manners.

[@BiBaBo49]

Actually it is not about a lesbian predator, but about a person in a position of great power who abuses this. And originally the director wrote the script for a male role, but felt that the perspective needed to be broadened. I don't think that this film discredits lesbians, unlike the film 'notes on a scandal' where Judy Dench played the lesbian predator (and Blancher the victim!) - THAT definitely served the old chliche

[@elysionfields121]

Is the flashback categorization of "straight" and "gay" a hot pan still in 2023 for Hollywood to be worthy of Oscar award. Where are we...!?

[@lenorebeleut5044]

Why does the rainbow tribe need a straight woman as an icon ? They really want to own everything

[@nahaagg4444]

Because she’s a lesbian icon hence her iconic lesbian movie roles

[@Atmos4]

Hmm have you seen Carol and Tar??

[@mmmmcheesy1937]

hot older woman; lesbian go brrrrrrr

[@bread2951]

@@mmmmcheesy1937 Can you blame us?

[@nternetrat]

bruh jennifer coolidge is an icon, ANYTHING goes. (but like. cate is in a different category.)

[@MrHenry84]

Interesting that the actress who said that because she's an actress she should be allowed to play a queer character and thus doesn't seem to understand the actual problem of equality for queers actors is a lesbian icon. Hmmm interesting.

[@ZanoSWE]

I've read from different sources that she is not that 'thrilled' to be a gay icon, especially the lesbians.. heard that she's lil' homophobic but takes roles because she knows she's getting awards

[@2445amy]

Garbage take

[@odetteeeee]

did you fact-check the authenticity of the sources that you've read? coz lots of them are creating untrue stories about celebrities and doesn't have any proof and validity.

[@TheBaconWizard]

Name them.

[@ciudadanakane8743]

what a bullshit!! far from truth! cate a homophobic? please! try again. who else is homophobic Pedro Pascal? Sarah Paulson?

[@yvesntual12]

You just made that up

[@Pierinadilaudo]

👍🙍‍♂️

[@maryl1902]

she's acting so condescending

[@edwardrickless8431]

a lousy movie

[@Marc-13]

Blanchett just disgusts me.

[@kaesar1175]

it's possible married Cate????

[@diy5729]

Why such boring conversations? Just watch the damn film.....

[@alba4203]

Per soldi

[@chadstchad]

she doesn’t deserve it