Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement ‘got killed very quickly’ in Hollywood

CANNES, France (AP) — Cate Blanchett Speaking at the conference on Sunday, he said the #MeToo movement was “killed very quickly” in Hollywood. Cannes Film Festival.

In a wide-ranging speech, Blanchett lamented that #MeToo has turned the tide in Hollywood, where she has been outspoken about gender equality.

“He was killed so quickly, I think that’s interesting,” Blanchett said.

“There are a lot of people who have platforms and can speak relatively safely and say this happened to me,” Blanchett said. “And the so-called average woman on the street, the person on the street is saying MeToo. Why is she being shut down?”

Blanchett attended a red carpet protest in 2018 when she was the jury president at Cannes. She and 81 other women Appeared on the steps of the Palais des FestivalsIt symbolically represents the number of female directors selected for Cannes’ competition roster. During the same period, 1,866 male directors were selected.

“I’m still on film sets and doing headcount every day. Every morning it’s 10 women and 75 men,” Blanchett said.

“I love men, but the jokes are the same,” she said. “You have to prepare yourself a little bit, and I’m used to that, but when you get into a homogeneous workplace it gets boring for everyone.”