« Lord of the Rings » actor Cate Blanchett said she did the film to work with director Peter Jackson. She added: « Women don’t get paid as much as you think they do. »
Cate Blanchett said « no one got paid » for the first « The Lord of the Rings » movie. The trilogy went on to make almost $3 billion worldwide.
The Australian actor played the elf Galadriel in the franchise based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved fantasy novels.
She starred alongside some of the best-known actors of the last few decades, including Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, and Orlando Bloom.
But the Oscar-winner told « Watch What Happens Live » that the star-studded cast didn’t get paid much for « The Fellowship of the Ring » in 1999.
