Cate Blanchett: "The series can provoke debate"

Since the cinema revealed her in 1996 with Paradise Road and Oscar and Lucinda , Cate Blanchett has no longer filmed for TV. But following the movement initiated by her superstars peers, Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep among others, the Australian actress at the two Oscars is also giving in to the sirens of event miniseries with Mrs. America , from this Monday on Canal +. The heroine of Blue Jasmine and the Lord of the Ringsembodies the curator hated by feminists, Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016). In the 1970s, this great bourgeois from Illinois derailed the efforts of Gloria Steinem and her sisters to enshrine gender equality (ERA) in the American constitution. Last April, when the series started across the Atlantic on Hulu, Cate Blanchett confided in Le Figaro on this harsh role which earned her a nomination for the Emmy Award for best actress.

LE FIGARO. - Why did you sign up as a producer and actress for Mrs. America ?

Cate BLANCHETT.

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