George Mention: Cate Blanchett

On a lighter note, she [Cate Blanchett] described her co-star, George Clooney, as an ‘amazing collaborator’ who mischievously pretended to be her for a day during filming. (Straits Times)

George Mentions: Cate Blanchett, Joan Rivers, Ricky Gervais

George on Cate Blanchett

GEORGE CLOONEY has blasted pretentious actors who stay in character off set, and wishes they would be more like CATE BLANCHETT. Blanchett plays a German agent in new movie THE GOOD GERMAN, and while she perfected the accent quickly she would slip back into her native Australian accent as soon as the cameras stopped rolling. And Clooney, used to actors who stay in character for the duration of the filming, was delighted at the LORD OF THE RINGS star’s lack of pretension. The OCEANS ELEVEN star says, “Some actors, it’s all about the craft and that’s the most important thing in the world. “But Cate will come to work and have a conversation about virtually anything and then the director will go ‘OK, action,’ and she’ll turn around and have the perfect German accent. And then he will say cut, and she’ll turn around and go, ‘OK… anyway.’ “And I can’t tell you how much that is appreciated because to me that is true professionalism, having the ability not to make everybody have to participate in your acting experience.” (Contact Music)

George Mention: Cate Blanchett

George Clooney: Cate’s a Super Freak!

HOLLYWOOD heartthrob George Clooney has described Cate Blanchett as a “freak of nature” because of her extraordinary talent as an actor. The two Oscar winners star together in the new drama, The Good German, set in post-World War II Germany and already touted as a serious contender for the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony. Clooney, who has tipped Blanchett to win the Oscar for the role, continued to speak of his adulation for the Australian actress when the co-stars assembled in front of the New York media on the weekend.  The big screen master said he had marvelled at the Australian’s acting talents in past roles, but was blown away by how she transformed into her latest character. She’s a freak of nature, that girl. Honestly, she can do anything,” he said. (Daily Telegraph)