Cate Blanchett says society is ‘terrified of tough conversations’ as she hits out at ‘trigger warnings’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “You don’t want a film about which everybody is going to say, ‘Well done.’ When people debate it it’s absolutely thrilling.” Culturally, Blanchett claimed, “we are terrified of tough conversations… but we need them. You just don’t know, but you are going to surrender to what is coming.” open image in gallery Cate Blanchett said audiences need to be challenged Her comments come not long after fellow actor Ralph Fiennes called for trigger warnings to be banned from theatre performances, as he believes audiences should be “shocked” or “disturbed” at times. “I don’t think you should be prepared for these things and when I was young, never had trigger warnings for shows.” Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. And within the cold, brutalist spaces of production designer Marco Bittner Rosser, there’s little escape from the full force of her undoing, either for the audience or for those in Lydia’s own orbit.” open image in gallery Cate Blanchett in ‘Tár’ Blanchett’s performance, she said, “functions as a total culmination, the crystallised form of all the women Blanchett’s played in the past – from Elizabeth I to Lilith in Nightmare Alley – who act like they have total control but may actually be hollow on the inside”.