( CNN ) UPDATE : Jonathan Hyla said in an phone interview Monday that his interview with Cate Blanchett was mischaracterized when an edited version went viral around the Web last week . `` She was n't upset , '' he told CNN . `` When you watch the entire interview in the full context , you can see she instigates a lot of the ridiculousness that ensues in the interview . '' Blanchett ended the interview laughing , Hyla said , and `` she was in on the joke . '' This article has been updated and includes the unedited interview . If you 're going to interview Cate Blanchett , please have some good questions prepared . Blanchett was talking to Jonathan Hyla of the Australian TV show `` The Project '' in conjunction with `` Cinderella , '' but Hyla 's offbeat questions led to an awkward few minutes . Hyla thought he 'd begin the interview on a casual note , saying Blanchett would be a good person to have a beer with . Blanchett was having none of it . `` This date is not going well ; I do not drink beer , '' she responded . After some more back-and-forth , with an apparently sometimes testy , sometimes punchy Blanchett trying to steer the topic of conversation back to the film , Hyla finally tried another angle . `` How were you able to get that cat to do what you wanted ( it ) to do on a leash ? '' he asked about a cat Blanchett 's nasty stepmother has in the film . `` I tried to put my girlfriend 's cat on a leash , and it just never works for me . '' That was enough for Blanchett . `` That 's your question ? That 's your f***ing question ? '' she asked . She stood up and awkwardly presented her hand . The interview was over . Hyla took it well . He later posted that it was `` the best worst interview I 've ever done . '' Hyla later tweeted the unedited interview after an edited version went viral .
A Cate Blanchett interview goes awry . The interviewer tries to ask Blanchett casual questions . She says she is not a fan of the film, and that it was made by an American director who has no understanding of Australian culture or history.