If you’re going to interview Cate Blanchett, please have some good questions prepared.
The “Cinderella” star abruptly ended an interview with an Australian TV show when the interviewer’s questions went off target.
Blanchett was talking to Jonathan Hyla of “The Project” in conjunction with the film, but Hyla had other things on his mind.
He thought he’d begin the interview on a casual note, saying that Blanchett would be a good person to have a beer with.
Blanchett was having none of it.
“This date is not going well, I do not drink beer,” she responded.
After some more back-and-forth, with a sometimes testy, sometimes punchy Blanchett trying to steer the topic of conversation back to the film, Hyla finally tried another angle.
“How were you able to get that cat to do what you wanted (it) to do on a leash?” he asked about a cat Blanchett’s nasty stepmother has in the film. “I tried to put my girlfriend’s cat on a leash and it just never works for me.”
That was enough for Blanchett.
“That’s your question? That’s your f—ing question?” she asked.
She stood up and awkwardly presented her hand. The interview was over.
Hyla took it well. He later posted that it was “the best worst interview I’ve ever done.”