Russell Crowe is no stranger to having anger problems, but his last fit in my mind is just ludicrous. Normally when an actor is asked to reprise a famous role in a remake, it's an honor, but ol' Russell was PISSED when he was offered Paul Newman's role in a remake of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Paul Newman was my hero and he just died! (Plus a crapload of profanities.)
If you were offered to play your hero's role and he just died, wouldn't you want to take it for that exact reason?! To pay tribute to your hero?! Maybe a kangaroo kicked him in the head when he was younger and really effed him up.
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Good for Russell! He should have been pissed! Anyone who would ask anything like that so soon after Newman's death is a jerk!
I don't get it though...I'd see it as an honor, not as disrespect. Maybe I just don't understand it.
Jadd, same thing happened when someone said he should play Steve Irwin in a movie of his life... barely DAYS after the man's untimely death.
It's just gauche in the extreme. There needs to be mourning allowed, some time pass... These aren't comodities to be cashed in on, these are beloved people who should be allowed some time before the Hollywood macine kicks in. THAT'S what pissed off Russell. Not the offer, the TIMING.
Let the body get cold and the people who will miss them GET THE CHANCE TO MISS THEM before cashing in on their legend. You see?
A year from now would have been a FAR superior time to even begin THINKING about discussing something like that. In Steve-o's case though, there will never be a good time for that, IMHO. Russell and Steve were very good mates. But I don't pretend to know the future or the people involved, so we'll see.
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I gotcha now...makes a lot of sense when you put it like that. Offering the replacement so quickly after his death is like casting him aside and disrespecting Paulie...I gotcha!
Thanks for pointing that out. See peeps? I'm not always unreasonable :)
Don't believe everything you read. That should be a given in the entertainment world.
Russell himself has commented on his semi-official fans site run by Murph at http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/news.html
that he has NEVER been approached about Butch and Sundance.
ROFL... And then yes, there's ALWAYS the fact that rarely anything said about Russell in the tabloids is actually true.
Thing is, it's The National Enquirer who is quoted... hardly reliable, and in this case, Crowe denies being approached about the film role. The conversation never occured.
Why would anyone get their panties in a twist over phony tabloid stories? I don't get it.
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