Cate Blanchett & Gina Gershon Test How Well They Know Each Other | All About Me | Harper's BAZAAR
Cate Blanchett and Gina Gershon portray video game characters in ‘Borderlands,’ but their off-screen friendship is the real game-changer. As they discuss their desire to play bearded women in a ‘Lord of the Rings’ film, Cate asks the real questions — which of Gina’s former classmates *hasn't* she starred in a music video for? Watch as Gina reveals how she once slept in Prince’s bed before turning down a role in ‘Purple Rain,’ and Cate admits her Mandarin skills in 'Borderlands' felt a bit pretentious.
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00:00Do you sleep with these?
00:01Not in his bed, in his bed, but not with him.
00:04It's a really great story, which by the way is in my next book.
00:06Hi, Habas Bazaar, I'm Cate Blanchett.
00:08And I'm Gina Gershon.
00:10Today we're gonna nail some trivia questions.
00:12That's all about us.
00:13Me. Me.
00:14And you.
00:15Us, that's what us means, me and you together.
00:18What's the name of Gina's young adult novel?
00:22That you wrote with your brother?
00:23Yeah.
00:24Go get you creepy, Cass's.
00:26Camp Creepy Time.
00:27Camp Creepy Time.
00:30That was pretty good, right?
00:32Camp Creepy Time.
00:33I can't believe you knew that.
00:34That's so great.
00:35You can buy it now on Amazon for $12.99.
00:37Right, on a Goodreads book.
00:39Which Borderlands co-star did Cate appear in a 2018 family comedy with?
00:46Jack Black.
00:47Jack Black.
00:49In the House of...
00:49The Clock with Mirrors.
00:51The Clock of the House.
00:52The Clock with the House.
00:53The Clack...
00:54In his click.
00:55In his clickin' house.
00:57With Jack Black.
00:58About to get pornographic, so we should probably move on.
01:00Okay.
01:01Which former talk show host suggested Gina visit a psychic to find her lost cat?
01:06Oh, I know who.
01:08Her animal psychic.
01:09Her.
01:10Animal psychic.
01:11Oprah.
01:12Ellen.
01:13Ellen.
01:13The How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind book was all about my lost cat.
01:17For all of you with dirty minds.
01:19Ellen's like, oh, you gotta talk to my animal psychic.
01:21And she was actually incredible.
01:22Did you find your lost cat in tonight?
01:23Well, you just have to read the book, don't you?
01:25Oh, okay. I didn't read that one.
01:26Yeah, I know.
01:27Clearly.
01:28Did you talk to the animal psychic?
01:29Yes.
01:30Sonia, the animal psychic.
01:31She was one of the best psychics I ever talked to.
01:34She's like, darling, you know, he wants to be picked up in a limo.
01:38I'm like, excuse me?
01:39I had a black Cadillac of your time.
01:41Why did Kate request an additional role in Lord of the Rings?
01:47Because you didn't like your ears?
01:47No, when they were doing The Hobbit, I called up Peter and Fran and I said,
01:52look, I love you guys.
01:53Please, can you give me a job?
01:55Make sandwiches.
01:56That's so smart.
01:57And so they wrote me and I think I'm like a hologram or something.
02:00I was there.
02:01They said, would you want to play my wife?
02:04He was playing one of the dwarves.
02:05I said, I've always been upset that women have not traditionally
02:10had the chance to be hair suit on screen.
02:13And I said, I would as long as I can have a beard.
02:15I did just want to be around the Hobbits and Peter and Fran.
02:18I mean, I think it's pretty.
02:19I'm going to try that trick.
02:21I heard that there are new Lord of the Rings films being announced.
02:23Would you ever want to reprise your role?
02:24Wow.
02:25Well, clearly, I need to make a call.
02:27Like, hi, I'm a friend of Kate's.
02:29Can I have a part two?
02:32Name the musical icon whose 1984 film Gina turned down.
02:381984 film.
02:40Musical icon.
02:42Chrissy Hines?
02:43No, no.
02:44I have a whole Chrissy.
02:46I have a Chrissy Hines story.
02:47I wanted to play her story and she scared me.
02:50And I kind of backed off.
02:52But I really like her now.
02:53Maybe she was testing your mettle.
02:55Who was it?
02:56Who was it?
02:56Tell me!
02:57Prince for Purple Rain.
03:00It's a really good story.
03:01I'll tell you this later.
03:03You were going to play Prince in a nut?
03:05Well, that was the 80s.
03:07No, in Purple Rain.
03:08From school, I went to go meet him.
03:10So you turned down an opportunity
03:12to work with Prince.
03:13Oh my god.
03:14I am not calling Peter Jackson.
03:16I'm totally kidding.
03:17I slept at his house and he gave me this script.
03:19You slept at his house?
03:21Not in his bed.
03:22In his bed, but not with him.
03:23It's a really great story.
03:24Which, by the way, is in my next book.
03:26What role did Kate learn both piano and German for?
03:30Tar.
03:32I learned piano and German for all my roles.
03:35All of your roles.
03:36For Lilith, I threw in a bit of Mandarin.
03:39Oh yeah.
03:40But yeah, I always brush up on German and piano.
03:43It's true.
03:43I mean, it was cute at first and it was very impressive.
03:47But sometimes just pretentious.
03:49Yeah.
03:49Well, we'd be shooting the scene
03:51and she'd start speaking in Mandarin
03:52and we'd be like, oh.
03:55What's the most intense thing you've ever
03:56had to do to prepare for a role?
03:58Ooh.
04:00I think the most intense one was when
04:03I was playing Elizabeth I. And I literally
04:07finished on a Friday and then had
04:09to walk on set in Montreal on Monday to play Bob Dylan.
04:12Oh my god.
04:13And so I was having to lose a lot of weight.
04:16And also while playing a queen, I
04:19would watch all of the outtakes of the Penn and Faker
04:22documentary watching Dylan.
04:24That was pretty intense.
04:25Which was very opposite of her.
04:27Yeah.
04:27Prior to Borderlands, which film did Gina work on
04:30with director Eli Roth?
04:32Thanksgiving?
04:33Yes.
04:34I love working with Eli because every now and then he'll
04:36dress up like a character.
04:38A character that you've played?
04:39Yes, a character that you played.
04:41Did I not tell you?
04:42No.
04:42During Thanksgiving, every day he
04:45would dress up as Blue Jasmine or different characters.
04:48And I had to guess.
04:49And then I would get a close up.
04:50Who designed Kate's fabulous dress for the 2005 Oscars?
04:56Who designed that dress?
04:59Do you remember who designed this dress?
05:01Not Giorgio Armani.
05:02No, this is before then.
05:05Oscar de la Renta?
05:06No, I think it's Valentino.
05:07Valentino.
05:09How much do you like to be involved in the dress
05:11versus you just let the stylists and designers do their thing?
05:14No, I'm too bossy.
05:16Yeah.
05:16No, I love that part of the process.
05:18I mean, to work with designers, to come up
05:20with things that you have the privilege to wear on the rig,
05:22it's so much fun.
05:24Which of my former co-stars was a part of Gina's theater
05:26company, Naked Angels?
05:28Oh, someone I worked with.
05:31Was it part of Naked Angels?
05:33Mark?
05:34No.
05:35Ruffalo?
05:36Is it Mark Ruffalo?
05:37He wasn't officially part of Naked Angels,
05:39but he was part of our family.
05:41He's part of everyone's family.
05:42He's the best.
05:42We all love Mark Ruffalo.
05:44Yeah, everyone loves Mark.
05:45What brand did Kate become the first global beauty
05:49ambassador for?
05:54L'Oreal?
05:55No.
05:56Lancome?
05:58No.
05:59Giorgio Armani?
06:00Yes.
06:01I was right the first time.
06:03Which of Gina's former high school classmates
06:05did she appear in a music video for?
06:07Which one didn't you appear in a music video for?
06:09That's the real question.
06:11Who was it?
06:11OK, who's this one?
06:12Lenny Kravitz.
06:15Clearly, I went to the wrong school.
06:19It's time for the Wrap It Round.
06:21Last movie you saw in theaters?
06:23Ali Abassi's The Apprentice.
06:25Movie or limited series?
06:27Depends on what they are.
06:29Last concert you attended?
06:31Taylor Swift.
06:34She's really popular.
06:35I saw my nine-year-old having a quasi-religious experience.
06:38Live action or voiceover role?
06:42Voiceover role.
06:43Favorite fashion trend?
06:44The onesie.
06:46Favorite red carpet look?
06:47Something fabulous?
06:49I feel like we're failing this.
06:50You weren't throwing your cards?
06:55Thanks so much for watching Harp's Bazaar.
06:57Now go and watch Borderlands.
06:59In a theater, preferably, because it's
07:00with all of your friends.
07:02And lots of sugar and popcorn.
07:04I need to educate my kids.
07:06Yes.