Lord of the Rings star says "no one got paid anything" for the epic fantasy trilogy
Aug. 9, 2024Cate Blanchett said she was paid in “free sandwiches” for all three Lord of the Rings movies
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Cate Blanchett says she and her co-stars didn’t make very much money off the Lord of the Rings franchise – which comes as a shock.
“Are you kidding me?” Blanchett replied when Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen suggested that her biggest paycheck was from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy (viaVariety). “No, no one got paid anything to do that movie.”
Blanchett played Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
“I basically got free sandwiches, and I got to keep my [elf] ears,” Blanchett continued, adding that she never got a “piece of the backend” either.
Despite this, Blanchett said in a recent interview that she would absolutely return as Galadriel for The Hunt for Gollum, which is being directed by none other than Andy Serkis. The actor toldThe Standardthat she “finagled her way into The Hobbit” and that she would “do anything with Andy Serkis.”
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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