Blanchett, seemingly finding a way around having to plead the fifth, responded, "Are you kidding me?! No, I didn't get paid anything to do that movie!" Cohen was shocked and wondered what happened.

Cate Blanchett didn’t cash the biggest check for her time in Middle-earth. The actress, who played Galadriel in Peter Jackson’s epic Lord of the Rings trilogy (and The Hobbit prequels), was ...

No, no one got paid anything to do that movie." Cohen asked if she received a backend payment — a deal where actors receive some of a film's profits — but Blanchett said she didn't.

Blanchett asked Cohen when he asked about her salary. “No, no one got paid anything to do that movie.” She also admitted she didn’t even get a piece of the backend when Cohen inquired. “No!

Cate Blanchett shocked Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live" when she claimed "no one got paid anything" for "The Lord of the Rings." ...

Cate Blanchett says she 'didn't get paid anything' for 'Lord of the Rings,' joking she got free sandwiches and 'got to keep my ears.

Lord of the Rings star Cate Blanchett claims she didn’t get paid any substantial amount of money for appearing in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy in the 2000s. Blanchett appeared on ...

Cate Blanchett says ‘Lord of the Rings’ cast didn’t rake it in. A perk: ‘I got to keep my ears’ Cate Blanchett says that the “Lord of the Rings” cast was not paid.

Cate Blanchett has claimed that "no one got paid anything" for 'Lord of the Rings'.

Cate Blanchett has claimed that "no one" got paid for 'Lord of the Rings' even though some may assume that it was her biggest paycheque to date.