CANNES, France (AP) 鈥� said the #MeToo movement 鈥済ot killed very quickly鈥� in Hollywood, speaking Sunday at the .
In a wide-ranging staged conversation, Blanchett lamented that the tide of #MeToo has been turned in Hollywood, where she has been outspoken about gender equality.
鈥淚t got killed very quickly, which I think is interesting,鈥� said Blanchett.
鈥淭here are a lot of people with platforms who are able to speak up with relative safety and say this has happened to me,” Blanchett said. “And the so-called average woman on the street, person on the street, is saying MeToo. Why does that get shut down?鈥�
In 2018, when she was president of the jury in Cannes, Blanchett took part in a red-carpet protest. She and 81 other women , symbolically representing the number of female director who were selected for Cannes’ competition lineup. Over the same period, 1,866 male directors had been selected.
鈥淚鈥檓 still on film sets and I do the headcount every day. There鈥檚 10 women and there鈥檚 75 men every morning,鈥� Blanchett said.
鈥淚 love men, but what happens is the jokes become the same,’ she said. “You just have to brace yourself slightly, and I鈥檓 used to that, but it just gets boring for everybody when you walk into a homogeneous workplace.鈥�
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