Three martinis in, Cate Blanchett will tell you what it’s really like to be an actor. You know that expression “stuck between a rock and a hard place� Well, according to Blanchett, that’s pretty outdated. In a new GQ profile, she says it’s more like being stuck between a wildfire and a feral cat. Tell us something we don’t know, Cate! Read her (terrifying) explanation below:
Up in the northwest there are bushï¬res, she says. And when there are ï¬res, “these feral cats go to the line that the bushï¬re has reached, where all of the native mammals are escaping the bushï¬re. And the cats have this feeding frenzy for two or three weeks. It’s terrible.â€
That’s disgusting. A feral-cat massacre.
“Yeah. It’s really a serious, serious problem—â€
Imagine being caught between a wildï¬re and a—
“A feral cat, yeah.†Cate Blanchett grins, raises her eyebrows. “That’s what it’s like being an actor. It’s terrible.â€