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Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara were involved in a car accident on the set of 'Carol'.
The actresses were filming a scene where they had to drive a classic Dodge car down an icy road in Cincinnati, but the brakes failed, leaving them in danger.
An on set source said: "Cate was driving and everything was fine until she tried to stop the car and the brakes failed.
"She kept pumping the pedal as fast as she could, but nothing happened. The girls started screaming at the top of their lungs, speeding past the film crew, who'd pulled to the side of the road after they'd finished shooting."
Desperate to stop the runaway car Blanchett, 44, pulled the wheel as hard as she could to the right, pulling the car to an angle in the road, but eventually bringing them to a stop.
The source added to National Enquirer magazine: "It spun around on the icy street but came to a halt as it slammed into a wooden fence. Everyone came running ... as the camera guy started dialling 911, he heard Cate yelling, 'We're OK! We're good! The car isn't good, but we're fine!"
The pair were then said to be relieved when the director told them he had the perfect take of them in the car and they wouldn't have to do the scene again.

Ricky Gervais "knew" he'd be upstaged by the Muppets.
The 52-year-old comedian hits the big screen in the 'Muppets Most Wanted', alongside children's favourite Kermit, and insists he wasn't worried about his dance scenes when he realised the friendly frog would be sharing the camera with him.
Talking about being upstaged, he said: "I knew it was going to happen. I knew from day one ... It's funny because the first thing that worried me in the script is the song and dance number. I'm OK at singing, I'm a failed pop star.
"I always sneak in a song, I wrote songs for ['Office' alter ego] David Brent, still doing it, wrote a song for David Bowie for 'Extras', wrote a song for 'Sesame Street' with Elmo. Dancing, a little bit awkward.
"And then I think, 'It's alright, there's going to be a frog on screen dancing. They're not going to care what you're doing with your clumsy little short legs.' So I got away with it."
Gervais was thrilled to work with the famous puppets and couldn't believe his "luck" when he was filming scenes.
He added: "I love being upstaged by these things. I ruined a lot of takes by just by laughing. Once I went, 'Hah, I'm in the Muppets.' ... 'Cut! Yes you are in the muppets, let's do that again, don't say that though'. I can't believe my luck, I'm a big kid."

Darren Aronofsky says 'Noah' was influenced by 'Lord of the Rings'.
The 'Black Swan' director will see his biblical epic take to the big-screen next month and he's admitted that as he wanted the film to avoid the clichés of traditional takes on the story of Noah's Ark, he looked to other books and films which were set in the same period.
He told Empire magazine: "What would animals have looked like back then? Was it a world that looked like the modern Holy Land? The aim was for it to be as self-contained as Middle-earth; we definitely looked at Lord of the Rings.
"I wanted to create a fantasy world that was based on the Bible as well as on other books written around the same time that didn't make it into the cannon."
The 45-year-old film-maker also revealed that as well as gaining ideas for what the animals and set should look like from other stories, they also found inspiration for new characters which they incorporated into the story.
He explained: "We read The Book of Enoch and other texts that expanded on that world and we created our own world out of the clues we picked up from them.
"There're things like Nephilim; six armed angels who walked the Earth; we turned them into characters in the film."

Joe Manganiello claims 'Magic Mike 2' will begin shooting this autumn.
The actor let slip that he would soon be reprising his role as a male stripper alongside Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and Matt Bomer in the upcoming comedy during an interview with Collider.com.
He told the website: "Yeah, it's gonna happen this fall. I think they're going to announce it soon. It's crazy. I didn't think that would be my first franchise. I never thought that would ever be the direction of my career.
"But that said, it's just proof that I don't know best, all the time. It was the most fun I've ever had, and I can't wait to get back in and mix it up with those guys."
The first film was a worldwide hit, grossing $167 million globally against a budget of just $7 million.
With director Steven Soderbergh dropping out of shooting the sequel and Tatum busy with other projects, production was thought to be a long way off.
Rumours have been rife that Hollywood hunk Tatum is now planning to co-direct with his producing and writing partner Reid Carolin.
The actor also recently shared a picture of himself gearing up to work on the sequel's screenplay.

Shia LaBeouf has pulled out of 'Rock The Kasbah'.
The actor will no longer be appearing in Barry Levinson's all-star comedy, in which he was due to play one half of a military duo, with sources telling The Hollywood Reporter it was an "amicable parting".
The movie stars Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Zooey Deschanel and Danny McBride in the tale of a has-been rock manager's (Murray) musical misadventures in Afghanistan.
News of LaBeouf joining the cast in January initially surprised fans since the actor had only just declared he intended to retire from acting and "all public life" following "attacks against his artistic integrity".
The star has had a difficult few months, culminating in him storming out of a 'Nymphomaniac' press conference in Berlin before arriving on the red carpet for the film's German premiere wearing a paper bag on his head that read, "I am not famous anymore."
He was also forced to apologise for alleged plagiarism and starred in his own silent art installation in Los Angeles.
'Rock The Kasbah' centres on Murray's character trying to get his last remaining client to perform on a USO tour entertaining troops in Afghanistan, only to end up alone and penniless in Kabul.
When he meets a young girl with a fantastic voice, he decides to mentor her through reality TV competition 'Afghan Star'.
Shia currently has no more film roles lined up, but will next be seen opposite Brad Pitt in David Ayer's World War II drama, 'Fury'.

Emma Watson has addressed rumours that she is to star in 'The Little Mermaid'.
The 23-year-old actress - who is currently starring alongside Russell Crowe in biblical adventure 'Noah' - is reportedly being sought after by the film's director Sofia Coppola to take on the lead role in the live-action animation, and she's admitted that she's portrayed the aquatic creature in the past.
She told Variety: "I actually dressed up as Ariel for my fifth birthday."
The 'Harry Potter' star worked with Coppola on 'The Bling Ring' last year and she claims that although she hasn't been approached, she would definitely consider working with the 'Lost in Translation' film-maker again.
She added: "I mean I'd have to read it first ... I love Sofia so much."
Coppola is said to have had her sights on Hans Christian Andersen's tragic fairytale since she wrapped on 'The Bling Ring' and she's thought to be planning a version in keeping with the original 1837 story, which sees the broken hearted mermaid commit suicide after the prince marries another woman, rather than the cartoon version made famous by Disney in 1989.
Watson is reportedly Coppola's first choice for the role of Ariel.
A source said previously: "Sofia wants Emma, and the pair have such respect for each other, it would be very unsurprising if they carry on without each other."

Andy Serkis says his adaptation of 'The Jungle Book' doesn't "shy away from darkness".
'The Hobbit' actor is set to try his hand at directing by helming Warner Bros.' new live action version of the classic Rudyard Kipling children's book and he says the film will be darker than previous adaptations.
He said: "What I love about the screen adaptation by Steve and Callie Kloves is it's very truthful to the original book; it doesn't shy away from its darkness. The jungle is a Garden of Eden and a wonderful place for Mowgli to grow up in, but also is a place of fear and a place of threat."
Serkis - best known for his motion capture performances as Gollum in the 'Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' films, and as powerful ape Caesar in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' and upcoming sequel 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' - also spoke of his fond memories of reading 'The Jungle Book' as a child.
He gushed to The Hollywood Reporter: "I found it mesmerising, and it transported me into this incredible world. It's extraordinary that I'm getting a chance to bring it to the screen."

Darren Aronofsky wanted 'Noah' to avoid the cliché of Bible movies.
The 45-year-old filmmaker helmed the forthcoming adaptation of the story of Noah's Ark, which originates in the Book of Genesis, and didn't want to be drawn into the stereotypes which are often displayed in portrayals based on religious scripture.
Talking to collider.com, he said: "I definitely wanted to get away from the cliché Bible movie of setting something with people in robes and sandals, set in Judea. This happened a long time ago, the pre-diluvian world, the pre-flood world, was, in the bible, something very magical and mythical. They talk about angels walking on the planet, they talking about people living for millennium."
Aronofsky filmed scenes for the epic - which has Russell Crowe playing the titular character - in Iceland because it made sense in terms "geological times" since it's relatively "new" land, much like the earth in the original scripture.
He added: "So I knew I wanted to create a different place, a different time. I started thinking about different places around the world and something about Iceland made sense because it's the newest land that's been created. Its literally just come up from the ocean, or relatively in geological times.
"So if you're making something about that happened a long time ago why use ancient earth like Judea, when actually go to Iceland where the earth is probably more connected to how it was a long time ago."

Russell Crowe has hit back at the "absolute stupidity" of 'Noah' critics.
The 49-year-old actor - who plays the titular character in the forthcoming epic - thinks people need to watch the movie before they slam it and has found viewers have appreciated how "respectful" Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of the Biblical story of Noah's Ark is.
Speaking on the US show 'Good Morning America', he said: "We've had probably over a year now of harsh criticism from a bunch of people who have put their name and stamp on an opinion that's not even based on the movie or seeing the movie, just an assumption of what it could be or how bad it could be or, you know, how wrong it could be in their eyes. Which, you know, I think quite frankly is bordering on absolute stupidity. Because now, I think, people are seeing the movie and they're realising how respectful it is and how potent it is."
Crowe is thrilled 'Noah' can spark philosophical discussions which explore issue in the world we live in.
He added: "You come out of this movie and you want to talk ... about our stewardship of the earth, our relationship to animals, what is spirituality, who am I in this world - all these fantastic subjects for conversation ... Art that can do that for people is a wonderful thing."