Cate Blanchett landed in Toronto for a wide-ranging lecture on creative conflicts on film sets, "risky" big-budget filmmaking and why her six-time Oscar-nominated film "Carol" struggled to find financing.

Blanchett, who is at TIFF in support of Alfonso Cuarón's Apple TV+ show "Disclaimer" and Guy Maddin's film "Rumours," was greeted to a standing ovation at the Royal Alexandra Theatre after fans formed an early line to secure tickets for the event.

Early in the conversation, Blanchett talked about her love of performing in front of a live audience, before discussing the "streamers out there" who don't release viewing figures.

“We want the numbers,” Blanchett said (though she didn’t specifically name “Disclaimer” maker Apple, which, like most streamers, tends to hide its audience statistics). “Not to know how much money is being made, but we want to know how many viewers have been watching things that we’ve made. That’s really important.”