PUT A SOCK IN IT!

Perhaps the only thing more surprising than Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan during his folk years in the upcoming movie 'I'm Not There' is the fact that she went to such extremes to recreate a man's walk.

Now Dylan may be famous for many things, but I can't recall a single article or interview concentrating on his gait. That whiny voice, yes. The nose, undoubtedly. But never his style of moving from A to B in ambulatory fashion.

Still, Cate is a stickler for detail, so she decided to learn how to walk like a man by shoving a sock down her pants and struting around the room like a feisty bantam. Well, if it worked for George Michael and his shuttlecock, it's worth a try.

Let's just be grateful she's not playing the young Jimi Hendrix on screen - she'd need a rolled-up sleeping bag, a three-man tent and a camping stove to do that fella justice.