Cate Blanchett's accent


I read she's using her Australian accent, but it sounds like it floats between Australian, American and British.

For example, she says passport like an American. Australians say it as Pahs-port.

I'd say she just sounds like an Australian actor who's lived in America for a long time.

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I agree, it was really strange. Threw me off when she said "oh buggar", like excuse me Cate are you trying to be British orrrr?

She's a great actress but weird accent in this movie

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Some Australians still say buggar, but they’re generally quite old.

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I have to admit, I didn’t catch on that she was playing an Australian until Sarah Paulson’s character mentions it, it certainly did seem like a hybrid accent. Which I guess makes sense since it was established that she had quite a long history with Debbie, her character had obviously been living in America for a while.

For me it was her American pronunciation of bathroom that seemed the most jarring.

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