Cate Blanchett Does not Know If Her ‘Squid Recreation’ Cameo Will Result in Extra (However She’d Prefer it to)

That stunning finale coda of Hwang Dong-hyuk’s Squid Game series left many interested by what it meant for the American spin-off Netflix has within the works. When the Entrance Man (Lee Byung-hun) pauses subsequent to an alley in downtown Los Angeles, you witness, together with him, the Squid Recreation recruitment ritual being administered by a new face: Cate Blanchett, sporting a swimsuit and providing up the Ddakji slaps.

It’s onerous to consider the Academy Award-winning actress was solely recruited for a one-off cameo right after she claimed to be retired. In an interview with Variety, Blanchett mentioned how the visitor function got here to be and what it would imply for her future within the franchise. “As a result of it’s such a cult collection they usually have been taking pictures in L.A. of all locations, everybody was on a need-to-know foundation,” she mentioned of the “out of the blue provide” that stipulated she carry her personal swimsuit.

“I acquired a few storyboards. I needed to [learn to] play the sport in a short time. I needed to follow and follow. I knew there have been 4 or 5 setups that they have been going to do, and I knew what they wanted from each shot, after which I used to be given the edges. Nevertheless it was one of many extra mysterious jobs.”

Blanchett defined that whereas her function was a characteristic on the collection finale, she’d contemplate returning. “I’m wildly open to something,” she shared with the commerce, “and in a world that’s so fantastically, magically created like that, for certain. They’re superb world-builders, and that collection has been eaten alive. I don’t assume there’s a nook of the globe that it hasn’t touched ultimately.”

What’s so playfully suspicious about her solutions is that Netflix has enlisted David Fincher for his tackle the American Squid Recreation spin-off. And he occurs to be a filmmaker Blanchett labored with on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, so what provides? Nothing, apparently, simply coincidence. The actress affirmed to Selection, “I imply, I’d like to work with David once more. It’s been ages. However no, I don’t know something greater than you do. I’m not being coy. I actually don’t.”

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