AFL-crazy Cate Blanchett provides harsh NFL Super Bowl sledge on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Yep, she’s an Aussie. Australian Hollywood A-lister Cate Blanchett will not quickly forget her roots, she has actually shown, after spruiking her house nation’s “genuine football”, rather than America’s arena. ENJOY THE VIDEO ABOVE: Cate Blanchett brings AFL to America’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. Analysis, regional footy and the most significant minutes, Seven and 7plus are the house of footy programs for each fan. Stream them all totally free on 7plus >> The Melbourne-born star of the cinema is among the most significant names in Hollywood, having actually starred in smash hit movies like Blue Jasmine, Thor: Ragnarok, The Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones and, most just recently, Tar. For the latter, she is chasing her 3rd Oscar after being chosen for Best Actress. She’s still an Aussie through and through, showing it on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week. Kimmel asked Blanchett if she had actually seen the Super Bowl on Sunday night (Monday early morning AEDT). “To be sincere, it’s a gladiatorial sport. Where I originated from, we have a football, we call it football, that’s Aussie Rules … footy,” Blanchett reacted with. “They have a comparable sort of ball other than they do not have the security.” Cate Blanchett states the Super Bowl “was absolutely nothing” compared to AFL. Credit: Getty/TwitterKimmel, who plainly had very little however some understanding of the sport, was interested. “They do not even have sleeves right?” he asked. “They use shorts and tank tops,” Blanchett responded. “And my uncle utilized to play expertly for Essendon. And my cousin played in Tasmania where it’s so hardcore they used gravel.” Kimmel could barely think it: “Is that real?” “Yeah,” Blanchett stated. “I suggest, the Super Bowl, they take a couple of hits, however you go to Tasmania and they play genuine football. They lose a great deal of gamers however … it’s why the population’s truly little.” “On gravel, that’s not joking around,” Kimmel stated. “They’re out there, they’ve got no helmet’s on, they’re eliminating each other in the very same method, they’re kicking a ball, they’re completely exposed.” Round back to the initial concern, Blanchett stated the Super Bowl fades in contrast to AFL footy. “And the hole in the Ozone layer is right over Australia so it’s truly, it an extremely tough video game. That was absolutely nothing last night,” she stated. Arryn Siposs’ problem minute in the Super Bowl. Arryn Siposs’ headache minute in the Super Bowl.
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