'I basically got free sandwiches': Cate Blanchett has claimed that 'no one got paid anything' for Lord of the Rings

Cate Blanchett has claimed that "no one got paid anything" for 'Lord of the Rings'.

The 55-year-old actress starred as Galadriel in the big-screen adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic novel series but when it was suggested that move was her "biggest" paycheque to date, she insisted that couldn't be further from the truth.

Speaking on 'Watch What Happens Live', she told host Andy Cohen: "Are you kidding me? No, no one got paid anything to do that movie."

Andy then asked the Oscar-winning star if she received a piece of the back-end - a term meaning that actors receive a percentage of box office profits upon the film's release - and insisted that that was not the case either, as she insisted her only motivation to do the film was to work with director Peter Jackson.

She said: "No, that was way before any of that … no, nothing.I wanted to work with the guy who made 'Braindead'. I mean, I basically got free sandwiches and I got to keep my [prosthetic] ears. No, no one got paid anything!"

The 'Tar' actress - who has a reported net worth of net worth of $95 million - was then asked to name what her biggest paycheque to date was, but remained coy and insisted only that women tend not to make the huge sums of money within the entertainment industry that may be expected or assumed by the masses.

She added: "Well, not very often. Women don’t get paid as much as you think they do."