The role Cate Blanchett was waiting on for her entire career: “I’ve got to come clean”Few actors are more accomplished than Cate Blanchett, but that doesn’t mean she’s curbed her ambitions. After nearly three decades in the industry and two Academy Awards on her shelf, Blanchett has continued to swerve in unexpected directions. “I’ve got to come clean: I’ve always wanted to play a nun,” she said, “They’re such mysterious figures, particularly cloistered nuns. The New Boy is an independent drama from Blanchett’s home country of Australia, and centres on a small Aboriginal boy (played by newcomer Aswan Reid) who is raised and supported by a monastery of nuns after being found lost in the outback desert. Considering what a massive filmography Blanchett has, it’s somewhat surprising that she has never played a nun before.