He may be Ye to the rest of the world (among other nicknames), but to Kanye West‘s parents, he was simply their son.
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Russell Crowe made “Gladiator,” the Oscar-winning actor might have starred in the iconic rom-com “My Best Friend’s Wedding” — but he blew it.Instead, the role opposite Julia Roberts in the 1997 flick was snagged by Dermot Mulroney.The film’s director also revealed that their lead had gunned for Drew Barrymore to play her foe in a romantic triangle with Mulroney’s character, rather than Cameron Diaz.“My Best Friend’s Wedding” follows Roberts’ Jules as she pines for her bestie Michael (Mulroney), and plots against his fiancée, Kimmy (Diaz).PJ Hogan said the gruff Australian actor seemed fit for the part at first. “My first choice was actually Russell Crowe,” Hogan explained in a recent Vulture retrospective of the film.The filmmaker continued, “Russell was, I thought, probably the most amazing actor I had ever encountered.
I kind of knew Russell was going to be a really big star.”Roberts had final casting approval and therefore, had to screen test with the “Beautiful Mind” actor to see if the pair had chemistry.“No one was getting in this movie if Julia didn’t approve,” Hogan noted. “I don’t know what went wrong,” he wondered.
“It was one of the worst table reads I’ve ever experienced. Russell was seated opposite Julia.
He gripped that script, and he stared at that script, and he didn’t look at her once. He read every line in a monotone.”The “Confessions of a Shopaholic” director added, “At one point, Julia was literally leaning over the table, staring, like, inches from Russell’s face, trying to make eye contact. And he wouldn’t look at her.
He may be Ye to the rest of the world (among other nicknames), but to Kanye West‘s parents, he was simply their son.
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Russell Crowe has landed his second role in the Marvel universe!
While three generations of Spider-Men recently blew the lid off “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which has grossed $1.7 billion worldwide—the sixth-highest film of all time and about to surpass James Cameron’s “Avatar” at the domestic box office with $749 million—with the help of Doctor Strange and Marvel, though we shouldn’t forget that at the end of the day, these are Marvel-produced films that are owned and distributed by Sony Pictures.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaOscar winner Russell Crowe has entered the Spiderverse.The “Gladiator” star has joined the cast of “Kraven the Hunter” in an unspecified role. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is starring in the title role as one of Spider-Man’s most deadly antagonists.J.C. Chandor, who previously oversaw “All Is Lost” and “Triple Frontier,” is directing.
Oscar winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator, The Loudest Voice) will star alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Sony Pictures’ Marvel film Kraven the Hunter, from director J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year, Margin Call), Deadline can confirm.
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Had things gone a different way, Julia Roberts would have been pining over Russell Crowe and not Dermot Mulroney in her beloved rom-com “My Best Friend’s Wedding”.
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Director Paul Hogan is opening up about the worst table read that happened for My Best Friend’s Wedding and it was between Julia Roberts, and Russell Crowe!