Cate Blanchett charmed the Venice Film Festival on Thursday night as Alfonso Cuarón’s new Apple TV+ series “Disclaimer” earned a five-minute standing ovation.
The two-time Oscar winner was the star attraction on the Lido, with the crowd inside the Sala Grande bursting into applause when she made her entrance ahead of the screening.
Adding some Gen-Z kudos to the occasion, singer Olivia Rodrigo was in attendance in support of her boyfriend Louis Partridge, who also stars in the show.
“Disclaimer,” a seven-episode psychological thriller series based on Renée Knight’s 2015 book of the same name, stars Blanchett as a famed documentary journalist who discovers she is the primary character in a novel that threatens to reveal her deepest, darkest secret.
The series also stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Kevin Kline, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Hoyeon, Lesley Manville, and Leila George.
All seven episodes of “Disclaimer” are set to screen out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.
Blanchett is no stranger to Venice, having won the Volpi Cup award for best actress in 2007 for her portrayal of Bob Dylan in Todd Haynes’ “I’m Not There” and again in 2022 for her performance in Todd Field’s “Tár.”
Cuarón also has quite the history at the festival, opening the 2010 edition of the festival with “Gravity,” starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
He would go on to win the Oscar for best directing for the film. In 2015, Cuarón served as the president of the Venice Film Festival’s jury, and his film “Roma” took home the Golden Lion in 2018 before earning the award-winning director his second-best directing award at the Oscars. Prior to “Disclaimer,” his last venture in television was the 2014 fantasy drama series “Believe.”
“Disclaimer” is set to premiere on Apple TV+ on October 11.
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