Peter Sarsgaard On ‘Blue Jasmine,’ Cate Blanchett [VIDEO EXCLUSIVE]

Peter Sarsgaard co-stars as the worldly diplomat Dwight in the new Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine, which follows the life of New York socialite Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) as she battles a life crisis after her husband (Alec Baldwin) is convicted in a Madoff-like Ponzi scheme.

Sarsgaard discovered a way to sympathized with the entitled Jasmine. “For me it was really a woman who seemed like she was having — she looked like she needed therapy,” he told Uinterview exclusively.

When it came to working with legendary Woody Allen, Sarsgaard found the director’s minimalist approach liberating. “I think it can be difficult to get over the fact that he’s Woody Allen and go, ‘Ok, I can do whatever I want to do, he’s looking for me to shine.’