Cate Blanchett's Viral Moment as She Locks Car Door on 'Disclaimer' Co-Star

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Whether through his Coppa Volpi-winning performances in films such as I'm not there OR Taror closing the red carpet in stunning couture ensembles, Cate Blanchett never fails to bring the drama to the Venice Film Festival. But this year, the Oscar winner also brought a little levity.

During a press conference to discuss her latest starring role, this time courtesy of the small screen in Alfonso Cuáron’s new limited series for Apple TV+, Disclaimer, Blanchett jokingly said she might “go naked” to the red carpet premiere on Thursday night. Of course, she was just kidding, and the question about her fashion strategy had serious overtones in the wake of a dress she wore to the Cannes Film Festival in May (and whether or not it conveyed her support for Palestine). But the answer was enough to make the festival press crack up, if only for a moment.

Hours later, Blanchett had fans howling online after a video surfaced on social media showing the actress arriving at the Disclaimer premiere at the Palazzo del Cinema in a sleek Lexus and accidentally closing the car door on co-star Kevin Kline. Cuáron was quick to the rescue, alerting Blanchett as they teamed up to clean up the silly situation that had gone viral on X. Although her back was to the camera, it looked like even she was laughing. Crisis averted!

With regard to DisclaimerThe festival screening premiered the first four episodes, and the audience erupted in a long standing ovation at the end. Told in seven chapters, the Apple Studios series is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Renée Knight. The cast includes Sacha Baron Cohen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lesley Manville, Louis Partridge, Leila George, South Korean star Hoyeon, and Indira Varma as narrator.

Blanchett plays an acclaimed journalist, Catherine Ravenscroft, who has built a reputation for exposing the wrongdoings and transgressions of others. When she receives a novel from an unknown author, she is horrified to realize that she is now the protagonist of a story that exposes her darkest secrets. Disclaimer will release globally on Apple TV+ on October 11 with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday.

Kevin Kline, Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón pose in front of their Lexus SUV.

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Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jung Hoyeon, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cate Blanchett, Kevin Cline, Louis Partridge, Leila George D'Onofrio and Alfonso Cuaron at Disclaimer Before.

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