When the time was right, they looked into it again.
But her caring nature does not mean she forgoes boundaries.
“I don’t enjoy being the bad cop, but sometimes I have to be.
Meet Cate Blanchett’s four children.
In a 2009 chat withPeople, Blanchett dished that Dashiell was following in his mom’s footsteps.
“My oldest already performs his own version of ‘Hamlet,'” she said.
Blanchett has acknowledged the mixed emotions that come with watching your children leave the nest.
The “Ocean’s 8” actor never pushed her son to get into the “family business.”
in 2015 (viaPeople).
They have this interior code, and they give these examples of names.
You go down to ‘I,’ and the example is Ignatius.”
Director Roman Polanski fled the United States in the 1970s after pleading guilty to a statutory rape charge.
The following year, she and friend Danny Kennedy released a podcast called “The Climate of Change.”
Back in 2011, she appeared in an ad that encouraged Australian voters to support a tax on carbon.
She has supported environmental organizations like the Australian Conservation Foundation.
And she’s made an effort to raise her kids to be environmentally conscious.
Blanchett doesn’t shy away from talking to her children about the state of the planet.
It’s a terrible conversation to have with your 13-year-old, isn’t it?
But anyway," she said inPortermagazine while promoting “Don’t Look Up” in 2021.
As previously noted, the couple looked into adoption long before that.
“Adoption the process it’s potluck.”
“It’s extraordinary.
Before this, Blanchett was raising her boys and loving it.
“Having boys is great.
It’s fun,” she told People in 2009.
“They’ve been extraordinary,” she gushed to The Sydney Morning Herald.
“I find it extraordinary, glimpsing them becoming a unit,” she said.
“And a very welcoming unit.
I’m very proud of them.”
“Fourth time around it’s extraordinary,” she said to Sky News (viaToday Parent).
“I told them, ‘Oh, I’m going to New York for 36 hours.
‘I said, ‘I was in ‘Lord of the Rings!'”
“And he said, ‘Yeah, for about 30 seconds.’
So it didn’t really count.
I had no brownie points with my children.”
Blanchett noted that her kids were big Will Ferrell fans at the time.
Blanchett also spoke about her own experience raising kids in the social media age.
As she told the outlet, she’s made an effort to teach them how to identify credible sources.
“Of course, they roll their eyes.
But when you hear them talk to their friends, I think they’re responsible,” she said.
Alas, things didn’t go how she wanted.
“The kids were just totally fine with that, and I was horrified,” she said.
“My plan to turn my family vegetarian was a monumental failure.”
On the bright side, at least they welcomed two adorable pets to the family.
It’s about respect,” she said.
And in the Blanchett-Upton household, even the baking is inclusive.
“Who gives a sh** whether I do or not?
You just have to shrug that off.”
In a 2009 interview with People, she described vacuuming as being “therapeutic.”
All that said, Blanchett is still a human being who still appreciates a nice break from household responsibilities.
Just an open horizon for the whole day.
That’s my idea of bliss."
When her children were young, she sometimes involved them in aspects of her work.
“The kids have been to New York before, and they love it …
But they will come visit me at work,” she told People in 2009.
So, Blanchett did what she does just about better than anyone else: She got into character.
In a separate chat with theBBC, Blanchett said all of this was per Edith’s request.
Needless to say, it’s not quite like teaching a room full of stuffed animals.
