By ninemsn staff
Cate Blanchett has admitted her finely sculpted posterior in new film Elizabeth: The Golden Age is actually a bum double.
"It's not me. It's not my bottom. It's someone else's," Blanchett told London’s Daily Mail.
The Aussie star caused some friction on set when she refused to strip down for her much-anticipated reprisal of the virgin queen.
A substitute was called in after Blanchett resisted director Shekhar Kapur’s original vision for the regal moon.
"Shekhar had his reasons (for the nudity), but I wasn't convinced," she said.
"The bottom seen in the film is not mine. It looks very nice, but it doesn't belong to me. Only my husband sees my bum."
Kapur later played down the controversy and emphasised the dramatic power of the narrative.
"We got someone else in to double Cate's bottom, but the film's about a lot more than bare bums," he said.
The film explores the relationship between Elizabeth and adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh, played by British actor Clive Owen.
It has opened to rave reviews overseas and is scheduled for an Australian release in October.
Blanchett won critical praise for her earlier portrayal of the 16th Century monarch, losing out controversially to Gwyneth Paltrow at the 1998 Oscars.
She was later rewarded with a Best Supporting Actress nod for her role as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator.
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