Cate Blanchett Says Her 'Lord Of The Rings' Pay Was 'Basically Free Sandwiches'

“Women don’t get paid as much as you think they do,” Blanchett, who played Galadriel in Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy, said.

Well, at least she got to keep the elf ears.

Cate Blanchett — who played the powerful elf Galadriel in “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” film series — was on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live!” Wednesday when she was asked by the host which one of her projects provided her with her “biggest paycheck.”

Before the Oscar winner could respond, Cohen took a guess that it was Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy.

“Are you kidding me?” Blanchett said, appearing shocked. “No, no one got paid anything to do that movie.”

Cohen then asked Blanchett if she got a “piece of the back-end.” The “Tar” star responded with: “No, that was way before any of that … no, nothing.”