Cate Blanchett suffers head injury in chainsaw accident at UK home during coronavirus lockdown
- The actress shared details about the near-miss in a podcast interview with former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard last week
- ‘Apart from the little nick to the head, I’m fine,’ she says
Double Oscar winner Cate Blanchett has revealed she had a lucky escape after suffering a cut to the head following a chainsaw accident at her home in southern England.
“I’m fine. I had a bit of a chainsaw accident yesterday, which sounds very, very exciting, but it wasn’t,” said Blanchett. “Apart from the little nick to the head, I’m fine.”
Gillard, who was the Australian prime minister from 2010 until 2013, responded: “Be very careful with that chainsaw. You’ve got a very famous head, I don’t think people would like to see any nicks taken out of it.”
Australian Blanchett lives with her family close to the Kent town of Tunbridge Wells, south of London, and said she had taken time off to educate her eldest son at home.
His exams have been postponed because of the health crisis, she revealed.