A shocked Blanchett told him, "Are you kidding me?" She continued, "No, no, I didn't get paid anything to do that movie." Asked if she got "a piece on the back end," she told Cohen, "No!

Elijah Wood said it was understandable that the "Lord of the Rings" cast didn't get paid much. Last year, his costar Cate Blanchett joked she "basically got free sandwiches" to be in the films. Wood ...