"Why is Cate Blanchett in the Borderlands movie?" is a very fair question to ask. The Australian actor has won numerous awards including two Oscars, four Golden Globes, four BAFTAs, and three SAG awards, and she can surely pick and choose her roles as she pleases. So, why Borderlands—a film that, with all due respect, doesn't look like it's going to put any new trophies on her shelf?
As it turns out, it's kind of a two-part answer. First, the "crazy asks" and "things I could never conceive of" are what she gravitates toward these days, she said in a recent interview with Empire (via Kotaku), which I guess is reasonable. Liam Neeson is another Academy Award-nominated actor who's earned acclaim for films including Schindler's List, Michael Collins, and Kinsey, and he made a movie about a snowplow driver who goes to war with a drug cartel in Denver after they murder his son. Hey, not everyone is Daniel Day-Lewis.
