Cate Blanchett claims ‘no one got paid anything’ for ‘LOTR’ — besides ‘free sandwiches’ and elf ears

“The Lord of the Rings” made billions — but not for Cate Blanchett.

The actress shocked “Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen Wednesday when he guessed she got “the biggest paycheck” acting as Galadriel in the film franchise.

“Are you kidding me?” she asked. “No one got paid anything to do that movie.”

Cate Blanchett claimed she was paid “nothing” for “Lord of the Rings,” pictured above as Galadriel. New Line Cinema Blanchett chats with Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live” set Wednesday. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen/Youtube

When Cohen, 56, wondered whether Blanchett, 55, “got a piece of the backend,” she denied that assumption as well.

“No!” the Golden Globe winner cried. “That was way before any of that. No, nothing. … I basically got free sandwiches, and I got to keep my [elf] ears. It’s something. They fed me.”

She noted that her desire to join the cast stemmed from director Peter Jackson’s work on “Braindead” in 1992.

The actress said she got “free sandwiches” and kept her elf ears. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection The Oscar winner noted that women aren’t “paid as much as [people] think.” Courtesy Everett Collection

As for which movie has earned her the most money since, Blanchett played coy and simply said that “women don’t get paid as much as you’d think they do.”

Many social media users guessed that her roles in “Ocean’s 8” or “Thor” made the most, with some speculating that her “Lord of the Rings” comment was an exaggeration.

One X user joked that Blanchett “didn’t make nothing to appear in the hobbit films lol.”

Blanchett chats with Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live” set Wednesday. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen/Youtube Blanchett poses at “Borderland” premiere Tuesday. Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency / SplashNews.com

Last year, Orlando Bloom made headlines for speaking on “The Howard Stern Show” about only making $175,000 for the box office blockbusters.

“I got nothing [for all three],” the actor, 47, confessed.

However, Bloom acknowledged that the movies did further his career, calling it the “greatest gift” that he would “do again for half the money.”

Blanchett wears denim in Times Square on Monday. Rick Davis / SplashNews.com Blanchett previously made headlines for calling herself “middle class.” Getty Images for AFI

Blanchett’s similar confession comes three months after she baffled fans by referring to herself as “middle class.”

The Oscar winner, who has an estimated net worth of $95 million, went viral for saying this in a clip from the United Nations press conference at the Cannes Film Festival.

“‘middle class’ my ass,” one TikTok user wrote in May, with another asking, “can we back up and unpack ‘MIDDLE CLASS’ [real quick]??!”