“It’s truly troubling,” Blanchett said, “but really exciting.”
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Be careful what you say behind closed doors.Cate Blanchettmight be listening.
TheTarstar shared a childhood habit of eavesdropping during an interview onThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
Cate Blanchett at the New York premiere of ‘Black Bag’ in March 2025.Credit:John Nacion/Variety via Getty
However, Blanchett noted, “I was obsessed withCandid Camera.
If that’s not mischievous enough, Blanchett admitted she didn’t keep her domestic espionage to herself.
“I guess you could call it spying,” she said.
Cate Blanchett at the 2025 Golden Globes.Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
“But then what I would do, is I would write them down and say, ‘Mom!
Do you want to come and see a play?’
And I’d put it on, and I would reenact verbatim the arguments that they’d have.”
Blanchett said that her family was always puzzled and somewhat disturbed by her found footage performances.
“It’s truly troubling,” she said.
“But it was so, it was kind of really dangerous, but really exciting.”
Colbert noted, “Isn’t that what Hamlet does to Claudius?”
The actress responded, “I hadn’t readHamletat the age of 8.
I was very Shakespearean.”
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Elsewherein their conversation, Blanchett discussed playing a spy inSteven Soderbergh’sBlack Bag.
“I think I’d be a terrible spy.
I think ‘cause I can’t hold my I can’t keep my powder dry.
Blanchett expressed admiration for spies, and for her costar, Michael Fassbender.
“And they get people to talk.
Watch the full conversation between Blanchett and Colbert above.
