Russell Crowe

The Next Three Days

Unremarkable thriller represents a low for writer/director Paul Haggis

23 Dec 2010

(12A) 132min This unremarkable thriller represents a low for writer/director Paul Haggis, who not so long ago was being showered with Oscars for his work (Million Dollar Baby, Crash). It’s a remake of Fred Cavayé’s Anything For Her from 2008, and…

Robin Hood

12 May 2010

(12A) 140min Marking his fifth film with Russell Crowe, Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood seems determined to conjure up the magic of their first collaboration, Gladiator. After all, both are historical dramas featuring a hero facing insurmountable odds. Yet…

Russell Crowe gets Walk of Fame star

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13 Apr 2010

Russell Crowe has been given a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. The Oscar-winning actor - who has previously refused offers to have the prestigious honour - was accompanied by wife Danielle Spencer and their two sons, Charles, six, and…

Russell Crowe's Blanchett mud bath

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22 Jun 2009

Russell Crowe stripped off and "wallowed" in mud with Cate Blanchett for their latest film. The stars are currently filming 'Robin Hood' - based on the legend of the British outlaw - in the UK and have had a number of unusual…

Russell Crowe staying fit for film

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8 May 2009

Russell Crowe is using a £80,000 gym on the set of his movie to avoid gaining weight. The 45-year-old actor is so desperate to stay svelte while filming 'Robin Hood', producers have installed state-of-the-art exercise equipment in his private trailer…

Russell Crowe delays premiere

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22 Apr 2009

Russell Crowe kept a premiere audience waiting while he signed autographs last night (21.04.09). The Australian actor delighted crowds at London's Leicester Square by greeting fans who had turned out to see him and co-star Dame Helen Mirren at the…

Russell Crowe slams reporters

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14 Apr 2009

Russell Crowe has blasted journalists for "trivialising" news. The New Zealand born actor plays an investigative reporter for his latest role in 'State Of Play' and says he has serious grievances about the way news is now reported. He said: "There…

Russell Crowe's Robin role altered

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19 Feb 2009

Russell Crowe will no longer play both Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham in a new movie. The 'Gladiator' star will soon begin filming Ridley Scott's latest movie - which has been retitled 'Robin Hood' from 'Nottingham' - but will see his part…

Russell Crowe's tight refusal

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10 Nov 2008

Russell Crowe won't wear tights to play Robin Hood. The 'Gladiator' star is set to take on the roles of both the Sheriff of Nottingham and the generous thief in Ridley Scott's upcoming big-screen adaptation of the classic English folk tale, but won't…

Russell Crowe's 'dark' drink

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14 Oct 2008

Russell Crowe has cut out "dark drinks" that don't "bring out the best" of his personality. Russell - notorious for his fiery temper - has curbed his alcoholic intake since becoming a father, but has no plans to become completely sober.

Russell Crowe's family wish

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9 Oct 2008

Russell Crowe wants 17 children. The Australian actor - who has two sons with wife Danielle Spencer - has no intention of ending his family there, and is desperate to have a little girl. He said: "I want 17 or so kids. I say to my wife, 'Imagine…

Russell Crowe's farm family

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1 Oct 2008

Russell Crowe is spending "manly man time" with his sons on his farm. The 'State of Play' actor ensured his children, Charles, four, and two-year-old Tennyson, were well-equipped for their trip to his ranch in Australia by dressing them in special…

Russell Crowe's koala hair

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30 Sep 2008

Russell Crowe says having long hair is like "walking around with a dead koala on your back". The Australian actor - who is set to play both the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood in new movie 'Nottingham' - has had to grow his locks for the roles…

Russell Crowe's Nottingham double

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29 Sep 2008

Russell Crowe is set to play both the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood in 'Nottingham'. The actor will take on both roles in director Ridley Scott's re-imagining of the classic tale. Scott - who has worked with Crowe on the Oscar-winning…

Russell Crowe's elementary role

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1 Sep 2008

Russell Crowe is to star as Sherlock Holmes' sidekick Dr. Watson. The 'American Gangster' actor will team up with Robert Downey Jr., who is to play the fictional British detective, in a new movie by Guy Ritchie. Russell, 44, had agreed to play…

American Gangster

15 Nov 2007

Ridley Scott’s American Gangster opens with callous urban cruelty as a man is tied to a chair, doused with petrol and set on fire. But the reasons behind this violent act are less to do with anarchy than with good business, or at least that’s the lesson…

Crowe plans to be baptised this year

7 Nov 2007

Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe is planning to be baptised in the Byzantine chapel he had built for his wedding to Danielle Spencer in 2003. The star of a Beautiful Mind and LA Confidential said in a magazine interview that both his sons had been…

3.10 to Yuma

6 Sep 2007

Pitting Russell Crowe and Christian Bale head-to-head guarantees a bout of intense, tortured manliness and this glowering, gripping remake of Delmer Daves’s 1957 Western (adapted from an Elmore Leonard short story) practically fires rounds of solid…