Cate Blanchett says ‘nobody bought paid something’ for ‘Lord of the Rings’

The Lord of the Rings trilogy could have racked up nearly $3 billion on the field workplace, however star Cate Blanchett says its forged was joyful in the event that they obtained free second breakfast. 

Whereas visiting Watch What Occurs Reside on Tuesday, host Andy Cohen requested the actress to disclose the largest paycheck she’d ever obtained for a movie. 

“I believe it’s most likely Lord of the Rings,” Cohen guessed. To which a stunned Blanchett replied, “Are you kidding me? No, nobody bought paid something to do this film.” 

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When Cohen requested if she bought “a chunk of the backend” afterward, Blanchett responded, “No! That was manner earlier than any of that, you realize, no, nothing.”

Blanchett starred as the nice elf Galadriel in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies. She cited the director as a key cause for her foray into Center-earth. 

“I needed to work with the man who made Braindead,” she defined, referring to Jackson’s 1992 zombie movie. “I imply, I mainly bought free sandwiches and I bought to maintain my ears… No, nobody bought paid something.” 

Blanchett added, “Girls don’t receives a commission as a lot as you assume they do.” 

Blanchett isn’t the one elf who has spoken about their Lord of the Rings paycheck lately. Orlando Bloom — who performed the prince of Mirkwood, Legolas — revealed in a 2019 episode of The Howard Stern Present that he was paid $175,000 for his involvement in the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy. 

“I bought nothing. $175 grand. Three motion pictures,” he stated earlier than bursting into laughter. “Pay attention: best reward of my life they’ve given me and also you’d do it once more for half the cash.”

Watch Blanchett talk about her wage within the clip above.