Cate Blanchett was less than impressed with the interviewing skills of The Project's Jonathan Hyla. Watch her put an end to the nonsense. Courtesy TEN/The Project

TALK about awkward ... Cate Blanchett was less than impressed with her interview on The Project last night.

The 45-year-old Aussie star was interviewed by Jonathan Hyla to promote her new film, Cinderella, which is released in cinemas today.

But Hyla and Blanchett got off to a bad start when the entertainment reporter opened with: “I was gonna bring like a six pack of beer. You seem like the type of person, we should just crack open a beer and just have a chat”.

Cue confused look from Blanchett.

“This date is not going well. I do not drink beer,” she said.

After a quick chat about alcohol, the two-time Oscar winner did her best to get the interview back on track.

“Getting back to the movie at hand,” said Blanchett, “one of us has got to do our job, the chemistry between them (Cinderella and the Prince) is amazing”.

The awkwardness continued so Blanchett, who plays the stepmother in the movie, suggested they start the interview again.

“OK, serious question, how were you able to get that cat to do what you want it to on a leash?” asked Hyla about the film’s feline.

“That’s your question?” replied an annoyed Blanchett.

“That’s your f**king question?”

And not surprisingly, that was the end of the chat.

“Nice to meet you,” she said sarcastically.

The entertainment reporter later tweeted, “Thanks to my new favorite person Cate Blanchett for what might have been the best worst interview”.

The Project said in a statement:

“We were delighted to learn that Hyla and Cate Blanchett share the same wicked sense of humour. It is one of the funniest interviews we have ever done.”

“There was much laughter throughout the interview, and too much content to air in our allowed time – so we will (be) playing the full interview on our website for everyone to enjoy.”