Was Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal lead or supporting?

[deaetee Joined: Sep 19th, 2018 Topics: 5 Posts: 97 View Predictions]

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I just saw Notes on a Scandal last night. I thought Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench were excellent in it, but then I thought Cate Blanchett also had a decent amount of screentime and the story pretty much was about her character.

What do you guys think? Was she a lead or supporting performance?

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[jez89 Joined: Aug 14th, 2018 Topics: 1 Posts: 172 View Predictions]

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Great movie. From memory they were essentially co-leads and Cate dropped down. I don’t remember there being much outrage about it at the time though.

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[Wanda Joined: Feb 16th, 2019 Topics: 31 Posts: 2275 View Predictions]

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She is lead but it looks like Dench was thirsty for that lead Oscar so they relegated Blanchett to supporting.

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[RobertPius Joined: Nov 22nd, 2012 Topics: 254 Posts: 1673 View Predictions]

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Blanchett supposedly had a lot or her work left on the cutting room floor so she was even more of a lead initially. I think it was ok putting her in supporting.

She seems rather ambivalent about the film and the nomination from things I’ve read. She didn’t feel like her character’s story was told as completely as she wanted.

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[CateNicole Joined: Jun 20th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 1072 View Predictions]

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Yeah, it’s probably my least favorite performance of hers, and part of it seems off, almost dare I say anti-gay lmao.. and I’m assuming that’s not her fault…

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[Monsoon Joined: Nov 6th, 2010 Topics: 178 Posts: 6832 View Predictions]

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Lead

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[Aunt Peg Joined: Dec 27th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 682 View Predictions]

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Co-lead with Judi Dench.

Bill Nighy for example is supporting.

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[Ron Loyola Joined: Dec 22nd, 2016 Topics: 6 Posts: 298 View Predictions]

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Definitely a co-lead.

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[KAZ-2.5 Joined: Jan 16th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 468 View Predictions]

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She was co-lead.

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[DCurrie Joined: Sep 18th, 2011 Topics: 25 Posts: 1456 View Predictions]

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I’d say co-lead.

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[Hengedrita Joined: Sep 22nd, 2011 Topics: 30 Posts: 1161 View Predictions]

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RobertPius wrote:

Blanchett supposedly had a lot or her work left on the cutting room floor so she was even more of a lead initially. I think it was ok putting her in supporting.

She seems rather ambivalent about the film and the nomination from things I’ve read. She didn’t feel like her character’s story was told as completely as she wanted.

Please send me a link about this. I have only seen her press conference at the Berlin Film Festival from 2007 with Judi Dench and others. Blanchett praised the film, director and most of all, working with Dench and the script from Patrick Marber

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