Now showing; Cert 12A Cate Blanchett as Lilith and Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina in 'Borderlands'. Photo: Lionsgate Cate Blanchett as Lilith and Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina in Borderlands. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu and Cate Blanchett in 'Borderlands'.
Photo: Lionsgate To greater or lesser degrees, the pandemic lockdown made us all behave in rather unusual ways. We shopped online impulsively from the comfort of our couches. Neighbourhood curtains were twitched at anyone daring to step outside restrictions.
Cate Blanchett said yes to a video game adaptation directed by Eli Roth. She said as much herself. “Covid madness” was Blanchett’s explanation when recently asked just what was going through the mind of the twice Oscar-winner when she accepted Roth’s invitation to star in Borderlands.
“It’s not Citizen Kane ,” she went on to add by way of breezy dissociation. While the space-western shoot-em-up mightn’t seem her natural habitat, the Antipodean screen giant has in fairness made a few left-hand turns in her career, often successfully ( Thor: Ragnarok , I’m Not There ). And maybe Roth managed to sell her the part as something of a challenge, uncharted ground for her lofty abilities to have a crack at and keep the mortgage paid while she prepared for her upcoming (and subsequently eighth Oscar-nominated) role as Lydia Tár.
But video game adaptations are among the lowliest swam.