[Scene: A sleek interview set. Cate Blanchett, dressed in a tailored suit, is — for some reason — sitting cross-legged on the floor instead of the chair offered. Everyone’s just rolling with it.]
Interviewer (laughing):
You know you can sit on the couch, right?
Cate (grinning):
I could… but the floor has better acoustics for storytelling.
[Audience laughs. She leans in slightly, like she’s about to spill a secret.]
Cate:
So I was at Queen Elizabeth’s house — you know, as one casually is — and I nearly knocked over a priceless vase while trying to find the loo.
Interviewer:
Wait… what?
Cate (deadpan):
Yes. I turned the wrong corner, ended up in what I think was a very royal closet, and this corgi just stared at me like I’d committed a crime against the crown.
[Audience laughing. Cate gestures dramatically like she’s telling a ghost story.]
Cate:
Then a butler appeared — I kid you not — like he materialized from the wallpaper. Said, “Madam, the powder room is to your left.” I thanked him like nothing happened and moonwalked out.
Interviewer (dying of laughter):
So you got lost in Buckingham Palace?
Cate (shrugging):
Not lost. Just… temporarily misplaced among the royal artifacts.
[Audience applauds. Cate sips her tea — still on the floor — like she didn’t just casually drop that story.]
