14 DAY TRIAL // Cate Blanchett is considered one of the most beautiful, talented and distinguished women on the scene at the moment and, now, we can add one more thing about her: she's also extremely open.
Having already spoken about how she was very much against plastic surgery or tweaking of any kind (on herself, she didn't blame others who got it), Cate delivers one final message about real beauty on the cover of Intelligent Life.
In a world where most photos we see in print and online, especially promotional stuff, are Photoshopped and retouched beyond recognition, it's very refreshing to see a 42-year-old agree to pose au naturelle.
Tim de Lisle, the editor of the publication, tells The Telegraph that this was precisely the message they were trying to send: stop deceiving women with false images and representations of beauty.
Not only are they offensive for the targeted women, but they are also so for the stars who agree to pose for them.
“When other magazines photograph actresses, they routinely end up running heavily Photoshopped images, with every last wrinkle expunged. Their skin is rendered so improbably smooth that, with the biggest stars, you wonder why the photographer didn’t just do a shoot with their waxwork,” de Lisle says.
Cate agreed to ditch the practice and have her photo on the cover without a single thing adjusted about it.
“She looks like what she is, a woman of 42, spending her days in an office, her evenings on stage and the rest of her time looking after three young children,” the editor explains.
Even with such a hectic schedule, Cate is still a very beautiful woman.
“We can’t be too self-righteous about it, because, like anyone else who puts her on a cover, we are benefiting from her beauty and distinction. But the shot is at least trying to reflect real life. It’s a curious sign of the times that this has become something to shout about,” de Lisle also points out.