Cate Blanchett charmed the Venice Film Festival on Thursday night when Alfonso Cuarón’s new erotic Apple TV+ series, “Disclaimer,” received a five-minute standing ovation.
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The two-time Oscar winner was the star attraction on the Lido, with the audience in the Sala Grande erupting in applause as she made her entrance for the screening. Blanchett was dressed in a tight black pantsuit with an open back draped in pearls, while co-star Sacha Baron Cohen went 007-style in a white tuxedo jacket.
Adding some Gen-Z kudos to the occasion, singer Olivia Rodrigo was on hand to support her boyfriend Louis Partridge, who also stars in the series. She didn’t walk the carpet, however, and sat a few seats away from the actor. After the screening, she ignored attempts from several audience members to get her attention when they shouted “Olivia!”
Earlier in the day, Blanchett was asked at the “Disclaimer” press conference about the dress she wore to the Cannes Film Festival premiere of “The Apprentice” in May — the colors of which many interpreted as a pro-Palestinian statement — and whether something similar could be expected at Venice. She dodged the question, however, joking that she was “going naked.” That clearly wasn’t the case.
