Cate Blanchett is getting candid about her pay, or lack thereof, on The Lord of the Rings films. Variety reports that Blanchett made the money omission on a Wednesday episode of Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live. The topic came up when Cohen asked the Oscar winner to reveal which movie provided her biggest payday. He speculated LOTR. ​​“Are you kidding me?” Blanchett asked Cohen when he asked about her salary. “No, no one got paid anything to do that movie.” She also admitted she didn’t even get a piece of the backend when Cohen inquired. “No! That was way before any of that. No, nothing. I wanted to work with the guy who made Braindead. I basically got free sandwiches, and I got to keep my [elf] ears,” Blanchett quipped. The actress played Galadriel, a powerful elf, in the trilogy of films. The film series would go on to gross $2.9 billion, so needless to say, Blanchett was grossly underpaid.