Cate Blanchett Says She Isn’t Surprised Her Hilarious Leaf Blower Rants Go Viral: ‘I Talk About It All the Time’

Cate Blanchett Says She Isn’t Surprised Her Hilarious Leaf Blower Rants Go Viral: ‘I Talk About It All the Time’

"They're the most moronic invention," the actress tells PEOPLEJohn Nacion/Variety via Getty Cate Blanchett on March 9.Cate Blanchett is discussing her new production of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull when she brings up one of her pet peeves: audience participation in theater. “It’s an act of aggression when people step off the stage and start singling people out,” the actress, 55, tells PEOPLE in an excluswith a touch of dry humor. (For the re…

Cate Blanchett Breaks Silence on her Viral Online Rants; Here’s Why She Does Them

Cate Blanchett isn’t surprised over the fact that her leaf blower rants went viral. The actress sat down with People Magazine to drop the details of her new production of Anton Chekhov’s play, The Seagull. Amid sharing the information about her upcoming projects, the actress also brought up one of her pet peeves, which is audience participation in theaters.  Ahead of getting her work for the drama started, the actress joined her co-stars, Michae…

Chekov’s “The Seagull” Swoops Onto the Stage In Schaeffer

Just off to stage left, atop a varnished and well-crafted bookcase sat an eerily realistic stuffed seagull. Even as characters broke down and fell apart around it, I kept finding my eye drawn to its lifelike yet lifeless appearance. My attention bounced between the bird and the actors onstage, as though the taxidermy itself was a performer on stage. This is when I knew Bates’ production of “The Seagull” was something special.  March 6-10 saw the…