Remember That Starlet They Called ‘The New Cate Blanchett’?

You may recall earlier in the year that Confidential attempted to start some sort of starlet prize fight by implying that up-and-comer Jessica Marais was “the new Cate Blanchett”. Well, whether she is or isn’t, Marais has gone and got herself a starring role in the new Seven drama, Packed To The Rafters (which I hope is the hard-hitting story of a family self-storage business in downtown Footsgray, but I suspect I will be disappointed):

“Serious television certainly helps revive your passion for theatre. It’s been great fun, but I’ve definitely got the theatre bug back in me. I love the excitement, the spontaneity.

“I have met people from television who do find it completely soul-destroying, and I can see how that can happen. It’s difficult because time is money.”

Marais, 23, said her dream gig would be to star in a Tennessee Williams or Arthur Miller play on Broadway.

Well, as far as Australia’s current crop of blonde starlets is concerned, those are far sturdier aspirations than, let’s see, aspiring to root famous comedians or work with Michael Bay for the term of your natural life.