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Cate Blanchett Welcomed With Applause For

‘Disclaimer’ At Toronto International Film Fest

Kevin Kline and Cate Blanchett

ize it that you confront it and you are
challenged by it. And then we began
talking after that”.
Blanchett’s brilliant co-star is
Alfonso Cuaron, Writer and Director, Actors Leila George, Kevin Kline and Cate Blanchett
Kevin Kline, who plays Stephen Brig-
stocke, one of many characters wres-
RENU MEHTA thought was buried years ago. Ques- tling with the implications of the mys-
tions race through her mind as to terious book.
TORONTO, ON
the ‘Who’ and ‘What’ and how will “First of all, my career began
ward winning actor Cate she protect her family that included here at TIFF. I just love Toronto,”
Blanchett was greeted with husband Robert (Sacha Baron Co- said Kline to a resounding applause
Athunderous applause as she ar- hen), her son Nicholas (Kodi Smit- by the audience. Speaking about his
rived at the Royal Alexandra theatre McPhee). Her own reputation is on preparation for the role, Kline said: “I
for her film Disclaimer on September the line. These are the questions, just took each day as it came and I was
9. Wearing spoons on her black pants Cuarón, the writer and director, ex- reminded of my role ‘you are young
suit outfit at the Toronto Internation- plores in his seven-part psychological now; you are old’. It took a long time Leila George
al Film Festival (TIFF), she certainly thriller. In his first foray into serial- to shoot. I never know how I did it.”
strangely stood out. ized storytelling, the director keeps Rounding out the cast is Les- shot so she could understand how to
Blanchett was accompanied with the script jumping from past to pres- ley Manville, Louis Partridge and play the character’s younger version.
Five-time Academy Award winner ent, exploring how perceptions, even Hoyeon, all at their absolute best. “I had to look at her physicality
Alfonso Cuarón who has adapted flawed ones, can be unwavering. But it was Australian actress, Lei- and I worked with a dialect coach to
Renée Knight’s novel into a sev- “It was pre-pandemic when my la George, who played the role of the help me with the voice,” says George.
en-part psychological thriller about a agent called me and he was so cryp- younger Catherine Ravenscroft, who “Really Kate was so generous with
journalist, played by the actor, who is tic,” says Blanchett as she explained stole the show both on stage and in me. When we met for that one day
threatened with the exposure of her her first introduction to the script. “I the film with her superb performance and she said hey it’s you now and go.
darkest secret. was told it’s a very loose outline of with her few scenes and her steamy Good luck! That was really liberating
A book is sent to Catherine Ra- the three episodes and he said I don’t sexual scene in the film. and gave me the freedom to trust that
venscroft (played by Blanchett) and want to talk to you until you’ve read George was brought in quite late Alfonso would steer me in the right
when she reads the story, she is hor- it. And so, I read it, I threw it across in the process and when she came to direction if I needed to. But also,
rified to see that it is her own secret the room. And whenever you throw London for the shoot, she saw some hopefully honor the incredible work
that nobody knew about and that she anything across the room, you real- scenes that Blanchett had already that she had already created.”

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