Cate Blanchett Opens Up About Her Very First Acting Role

Cate Blanchett is getting candid about her career.

The 53-year-old The Lord of the Rings actress opened up on BBC Radio 4′s Desert Island Discs about her acting roles, and revealed something surprising about her teachers.

During the conversation, Cate said she made her acting debut at school in Melbourne with a part in The Hobbit.

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“The first role I got in a school play was as the fellow who shot Smaug down in The Hobbit. So, I had one line and I got to shoot a bow and arrow. It was the last dramatic moment in the play,” she said.

“All the parts in the school plays that were organized by the teachers sort of went to the girls that were really confident, popular, good at sport, and I was not that,” she continued.

Cate also revealed an on-stage mishap that happened later on during school.

“I was a statue in The Chronicles of Narnia and I practiced my position for so long. I was in white Lycra, which no one looks good in particularly an adolescent girl…and the stage manager cued us late. So I was climbing up on the rostrum and I had this beautiful pose planned and I didn’t have time to turnaround, so all the audience saw was my bum – I got a laugh!”

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She also revealed some surprising news about her latest role, which is a favorite in Oscar predictions.