By Martina Hafner
As part of the Berlinale Talents 2023, the actresses Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss and director Todd Fields, among others, did the honors at a panel discussion in the HAU 1 theater
The ladies have a sense of humor! At HAU 1, Cate Blanchett (53) and her Berlin film partner Nina Hoss (47), together with director Todd Field (59) and other participants, discussed the film “Tár”.
The audience nearly fought for seats in the 800-seat theater. How did she come to be in the film? “It was cheap,” director Field joked. “But not easy!” Blanchett countered. “I never thought she would say yes,” Field said in awe.
Stage icon Nina Hoss also kept up well. She emphasized that she immediately found a common language with Blanchett because they had both played a lot of theater, “sometimes even the same roles as Hedda Gabler,” said Hoss. She had to dig deep into the character of Sharon in the film “Tár”, “like a little pig looking for truffles”, the Berliner continues.
Blanchett was finally asked where she got her enormous screen presence from: “It’s called a close-up!” says the Hollywood diva. Thunderous laughter!
Afterwards she explained that there is a trick she knows from working in the theater: “Every night when you go on stage you are nervous. That brings adrenaline and the energy to take risks. But then you have to get over your nervousness!”