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Cate Blanchett's Clive crush
Oct 13, 2007, 8:30 GMT
10/04/2007 - Cate Blanchett - 45th New York Film Festival - I\'m Not There - Premiere - Frederick P. Rose Hall - New York City, NY, USA © Janet Mayer / PR Photos
Cate Blanchett begged producers to cast Clive Owen in her new movie because she had a crush on him.
The Oscar-winning actress fell for the British hunk when she saw him in 'Gosford Park' and was desperate for him to play her lover, Sir Walter Raleigh, in 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'.
Cate said: "I swooned for months after seeing 'Gosford Park'.
"When Clive's name came up for the role, I was like, 'Oh, please!'"
The 38-year-old beauty - who rocketed to stardom playing Elizabeth I in the original 'Elizabeth' - also revealed she wished she'd looked uglier in the sequel.
She said: "I wanted to make a movie about a woman ageing. I personally wish the lighting had been even harsher.
"This is a woman realising and having to accept she is getting older. It was a huge issue for Elizabeth, because her fecundity and her virginity were her political power. And when that was beginning to wane, it was destabilising to her."
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