Cate Blanchett says she is ‘deeply homesick’ and ‘never wants to go back to work’

Cate Blanchett has revealed that her last role in the new film Tár was so emotionally and physically draining that it left her contemplating retirement.

Appearing on The Sunday Project this weekend, the 53-year-old Australian actress admitted that she considered leaving the industry after the experience.

“I think it was because it was such a physical role, the echoes are still with me and I think I’m like a lot of audience members, I need time to process it,” he said of Tár.

“Obviously I’m lucky to work with some amazing directors who have changed my life, but when it all comes together like that, it stays with you.

“So I don’t want to go back to work ever again,” he added with a smile.

Melbourne-born Cate, who now lives in the US, went on to say that she “has been deeply homesick for the last four years” and dreams of going back to Australia to make pottery in the garden.

Appearing on The Sunday Project this weekend, the 53-year-old Australian actress admitted that she considered leaving the industry after the experience.

“I am very obsessed, like most Australians, obsessed with water. I want to be by the water, in the water,” he said of his home country.

‘I would love to learn to be patient, to be still and to think. My grandmother was a wonderful gardener and my mother is also an excellent gardener and she lives with us, and I really look forward to spending time in the garden with my mother.

Cate then joked that there are “millions of people all over the world cheering right now” after learning about his retirement plans.

Melbourne-born Cate, who now lives in the US, went on to say that she “has been deeply homesick for the last four years” and dreams of going back to Australia to play with her mother in the garden.

It comes after Cate was criticized for her Golden Globe-winning role in the new movie Tár.

The star plays Lydia Tár, who, in the film’s plot, becomes the first female conductor of a German orchestra.

While many have condemned the critically acclaimed film as ‘anti-woman’, because Blanchett’s character is revealed to be a narcissistic bully, Blanchett came to her defense.

It comes after Cate was criticized for her Golden Globe-winning role in the new movie Tár (pictured). The star plays Lydia Tár, who, in the film’s plot, rises to become the first female conductor of a German orchestra.

The glamorous blonde described the film, directed by Todd Field, as “very provocative” in an interview with BBC Radio 4, reprinted in The Australian.

Marin Alsop, a real-life bandleader, surfaced to condemn the film as ‘anti-woman’.

Marin, 66, who is one of the best female directors in the world, said in the aussie on Friday: “To have the opportunity to portray a woman in that role to make her an abuser, to me that’s heartbreaking.”

Marin Alsop, a real-life bandleader, has surfaced to condemn the critically acclaimed film as ‘anti-woman’, because Blanchett’s character is revealed to be a narcissistic bully. Pictured: Alsop conducting in New York in 2021

Saying that Alsop was entitled to his opinion and that he had the utmost respect for the director, Blanchett described the film as “a mediation on power, and power has no genre.”

He also distanced himself from any accusations that the film used Alsop or any other female director as the basis for her character.

Blanchett is tipped to win her second Best Actress Oscar for the role.

Saying that Alsop was entitled to his opinion and that he had the highest respect for the director, Blanchett described the film as “a mediation on power, and power has no genre.”