Crowe ‘Appalled’ at Reports He Will Play Late Croc Hunter
Aussie actor Russell Crowe told CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight” that rumours he will play late friend Steve Irwin in a biopic were “appalling.”
Crowe, who made a short tribute to the Crocodile Hunter at his memorial service on Sept. 20, shared his anger at the media who ran with the story with anchorman A.J. Hammer.
“I’m not doing business over the grave of my friend. I find that appalling. But, you know, that’s not just in the tabloid[s]. That’s in The Guardian; it’s in The New York Times. Understand? Absolutely disgusting.”
The rumours apparently originated in the magazine InTouch Weekly, and was soon picked up by the New Zealand Herald and circulated around the Internet.
During the interview with Hammer, Crowe also divulged his disgust with how the media portrayed his phone-throwing incident at a New York Hotel last year.
“I lost my temper, I apologized for it. You know? We can all move on now,” he told CNN.
Crowe pleaded guilty to throwing a phone at a hotel clerk and was let off on misdemeanour charges and fined $160.
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