Cate Blanchett Says #MeToo Was Killed Quickly as 75 Men to 10 Women Still Dominate Sets
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Updated · Fox News · May 18
Cate Blanchett Says #MeToo Was Killed Quickly as 75 Men to 10 Women Still Dominate Sets
9 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 18
Cate Blanchett said at Cannes that #MeToo was "killed very quickly," arguing the movement exposed systemic abuse across industries but the conversation was shut down before lasting change took hold.
A 75-to-10 male-female headcount she says she still sees on film sets underpins that view, with Blanchett arguing homogeneous workplaces affect both behavior and the quality of the work.
Blanchett said in 2025 that #MeToo never truly "took root," and she has linked that failure to efforts to discredit voices that were only beginning to speak publicly.
Her comments carry added weight because Blanchett was among the actresses who said Harvey Weinstein behaved inappropriately toward them, part of the 2017 allegations that propelled #MeToo beyond Hollywood.
Cannes claims to pick films on quality, not gender. So why does data show a persistent 'auteur glass ceiling' for women?
With female representation in Hollywood at a seven-year low, was the #MeToo movement just a fleeting moment?
Beyond protests and awards, what can actually fix Hollywood's deep-rooted financial and structural gender imbalance?