Blanchett’s star-powered TV series Stateless explores the repercussions of
immigration detention. ‘None of us are interested in preaching to the converted,’ she says
As an
Australian working abroad, Cate Blanchett never found it easy talking about her home government – in particular, the trauma it has inflicted on asylum seekers in need.
“They knew nothing about the Tamils on the roof, nothing about children sewing their lips together [in detention centres],” Blanchett says of her
American friends. “They would actually start with nervous laughter because they thought I was exaggerating.”