Russell Crowe

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No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (20 films) instead.

Draws on

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Acting (38) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career-arc): Russell Crowe → The Nice Guys. The Nice Guys is Crowe's best performance after this and marks the turn to dads, mentors and villains in later years (The Mummy, Man of Steel, exorcism movies).
    “his best performance after this is obviously nice guys, which he's so incredible.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:41:01 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Russell Crowe → Al Pacino. Pacino gets three decades to be Al Pacino while Crowe gets five years, a statement about the movie business.
    “Pacino gets 3 decades to be Al Pacino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:33 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Russell Crowe → Val Kilmer. Crowe's choice between character actor and leading man is likened to the Val Kilmer and Brad Pitt conundrum.
    “This is the Val Kilmer Brad Pitt conundrum, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Meg Ryan → Russell Crowe. The scandal around Russell Crowe is blamed for wrecking Ryan's career, a sexist outcome.
    “The Russell Crowe thing totally ruins her.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:26:00 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (star-lineage): Russell Crowe → Charlton Heston. At his peak Crowe is like Mel Gibson, Gregory Peck, and Charlton Heston at the same time.
    “This guy's like Mel Gibson and Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston at the same time.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:13:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (casting-ideal): Russell Crowe → Richard Burton. Weir's ideal Aubrey would have been Richard Burton; Crowe is the closest you get in 2000, and Hodgman says Burton lacks Crowe's humor.
    “Weir says his ideal choice would have been Richard Burton. Unfortunately, he was very dead.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:11:29 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Russell Crowe → Proof of Life. On Proof of Life Ryan cheated on Dennis Quaid with Russell Crowe, a tabloid scandal.
    “That's the one where she, she did it with Russell Crowe and also she, like, cheated with Russell Crowe.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:18:45 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (star-type): Russell Crowe → Ben-Hur. Quoting Lex G on Ben-Hur's Charlton Heston who could be larger than life yet steady, they say Crowe is the one modern guy who can do that.
    “no one can hold a movie like this and sort of know how to be larger than life, but also just steady at the center.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:13:08 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (only-guy-who-can): Russell Crowe → Exodus: Gods and Kings. When someone else, even a proven actor like Christian Bale, tries the big-epic role, audiences don't buy it; Crowe is the one who can pull it off.
    “when they try to put someone else into this, even when it is a proven actor, like you get fucking Exodus gods and kings with Christian Bale is Moses and everyone's like not buying it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:14:22 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Russell Crowe → Kevin Spacey. Simmons floats Crowe as in The Insider as Sam.
    “Russell Crowe could have played that part in the insider version of Russell Crowe”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:11:11 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Russell Crowe: Crowe would not use his Australian accent despite historians saying it would be acceptable, going for a solid upper-class British voice instead.
    “Crow decides that'll just feel unnatural.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:18:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Russell Crowe: Trivia: the FBI reportedly intercepted a threat that the Taliban wanted to kidnap Crowe before the Oscars.
    “the FBI intercepted a threat that the Taliban wanted to kidnap Russell Crowe before the Oscars”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:19:25 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)