This story is from June 5, 2014

Too much pressure on women: Cate Blanchett

Currently promoting the anticipated sequel ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’, Cate Blanchett is not the one to shy away from calling out double standards she sees in public!!
Too much pressure on women: Cate Blanchett
Currently promoting the anticipated sequel ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’, Cate Blanchett is not the one to shy away from calling out double standards she sees in public!!
Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett voices the long lost mother of heroic boy Hiccup in the film. She spoke about how Hollywood represents mothers while promoting the Dragon sequel.
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"When anyone plays a mother on film, there is a whole raft of judgment in that a mother is a particular archetype or that every mother is the same," she said.
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"That's complete rubbish. We did discuss a lot about that particular issue because of course there is a judgment on women parent."
Criticizing the stereotypes used to judge mothers; Blanchett called them "complete rubbish" and said there was too much pressure being placed on women.
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"It's certainly a question that's never asked from men. The question is only ever directed towards women" she said during ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ promotions. "How do you balance? How do you have it all?" she said.
How To Train Your Dragon, features the voices of Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, Djimon Hounsou and Kit Harington. The film is written and directed by Dean DeBlois.

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