Cate Blanchett discusses what the cat in Alfonso Cuarón’s AppleTV+ series “Disclaimer” really signifies. Blanchett, who plays Catherine Ravenscroft in the thriller, debunks that Cuarón intends to tell the audience about “control” using the cat.

In Alfonso Cuarón's seven-part Apple TV+ limited series "Disclaimer," Cate Blanchett plays Catherine Ravenscroft, an accomplished and award-winning documentary filmmaker whose life is upended when a book is published based on a fictionalized version of a difficult event from her past.

Disclaimer” pulls the rug out from the audience before they’ve had the chance to get settled. There’s no building of empathy for its central character, Cate Blanchett’s Catherine Ravenscroft.