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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringhad a star-studded cast including the likes ofSir Ian McKellen(Gandalf), Sir Christopher Lee (Saruman), Elijah Wood (Frodo),Orlando Bloom(Legolas) and many more. It also starred the worldly treasure that is Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, who also starred in the recentBorderlandsmovie as Lilith.
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I’m not familiar with how much each star was paid, but I would assume that it would in some part be based on status and talent. So it would perhaps be safe to assume that the likes of Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Christopher Lee and Cate Blanchett would be paid similar amounts, right?
Whenappearing onWatch What Happens Livewith Andy Cohen, Blanchet was asked if The Lord of the Rings was her highest-paid gig and she replied “Are you kidding me?! No, I didn’t get paid anything to do that movie!” and alluded to women not getting paid anywhere near the amount of men.
She went on to say that a main motivation to work in The Lord of the Rings was Peter Jackson, who had previously directed a favourite movie of hers,Braindeadand that she was also paid in free sandwiches (again, a humorous exaggeration, I’m sure).
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Hopefully, Cate Blanchett got paid more for her services in movie projects that followed The Lord of the Rings because I think we can agree, that she is worthy of being paid in line with other top actors in the industry, regardless of her gender.
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