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Cate Blanchett as Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."

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  • The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy made $2.988 billion worldwide.
  • Cate Blanchett played the elf Galadriel in all three movies.
  • But the Australian actor said the actors were barely paid for the first film, "The Fellowship of the Ring."

Cate Blanchett said "no one got paid" for the first "The Lord of the Rings" movie. The trilogy went on to make almost $3 billion worldwide.

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