Is film star Cate Blanchett shooting scenes in Blackpool today? - this is what we know so far
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The 52-year-old Oscar winner is rumoured to be filming an upcoming TV series in the resort, with camera crews shooting scenes in Empress Drive this afternoon.
They were also spotted at the Norbreck Castle Hotel over the weekend.
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Hide AdToday, crews are based at a hair salon and a plumbing supplies shop in Empress Drive, at the junction of Holmfield Road, where a road sign says “Filming ahead, expect delays”.
You can watch the film crews working at the scene in our video player above
But so far, our eagle-eyed photographer has not caught sight of the two-time Academy Award winner, who has starred in some of Hollywood’s biggest movies, including Lord of the Rings, The Aviator and more recently, Nightmare Alley.
But if Ms Blanchett is in the resort, what is the star likely to be filming?
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Hide AdLast week, the actress was reported to be in London filming scenes for a new thriller series called Disclaimer for Apple TV+.
The ‘psychological thriller’ is being directed by award-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, 2013 and Roma, 2018), and also stars Kevin Kline and Sacha Baron Cohen.
What’s it about?
Blanchett plays Catherine Ravenscroft, a successful and respected television documentary journalist whose work has been built on exposing the transgressions of long-respected institutions.
When an intriguing novel written by a widower, played by Kline, appears on her bedside table, she is horrified to realise she is a key character in a story that she had hoped was long buried in the past.