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12-03-2012, 03:35 PM
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Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
The cast of Les Miserables (including Hugh and Russell Crowe) are doing press, and here's a video of someone asking Crowe why he turned down Wolverine.
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12-03-2012, 07:19 PM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
So basically it was because he had no Idea who or what Wolverine was, lol
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12-04-2012, 01:04 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
I think that's fair enough :')
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12-04-2012, 07:04 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
Wow if he Hugh didn't work with Russell Crowe, we wouldn't know this info from more than 10 years ago.
Russell Crowe would be a good choice for Cable!
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12-07-2012, 07:50 PM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
Russell would have been interesting but I don't see him putting as much dedication into the role as Jackman has.
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12-08-2012, 12:18 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
^Definitely, I don't think Russell Crowe would play Wolverine more than three times.
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12-08-2012, 06:08 PM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
Funny that he scoffs at it being from a "cartoon" and rolls his eyes yet he's going to be in a "cartoon" playing Superman's father. Guess he changed his view of things?
Either way it worked out for both of them. In 2000, Russell Crowe became a superstar and won an Oscar for Gladiator and Hugh Jackman might have never gotten his big break and we would have never heard of him had Crowe taken the role. |
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12-09-2012, 04:57 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
wow he comes across as a dick lol
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12-09-2012, 10:15 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
the one thing i can say for sure, if he had taken the role, wolverine would not be a nice guy :P
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12-09-2012, 02:02 PM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
I'm glad we got Hugh. Height difference be damned. He puts his all into embodying the character film after film, and does a fine job of it.
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12-09-2012, 07:41 PM
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12-09-2012, 10:40 PM
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03-12-2013, 05:46 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
I still remember when the first X-Men came and there was some snippet saying that Russell turned down the offer because he just did Gladiator, and didn't want to do another similar role.
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03-12-2013, 06:45 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
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 Ah I can forgive Crowe anything, he's still a tremendous actor. |
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03-12-2013, 09:09 AM
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03-12-2013, 10:03 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
He would have made an interesting Wolverine though. Definitely has the surly thing going on.
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03-12-2013, 10:10 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
Russell Crowe is Wolverine.
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03-12-2013, 10:43 PM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
I'm glad Russell Crowe turned down the offer. I don't see him wanting to play Wolverine for 4 to 7 movies.
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03-13-2013, 05:37 PM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
When did Russell Crowe turn it down? Was it before or after Dougray Scott?
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03-13-2013, 05:55 PM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
It was before Dougray Scott, some time in late 1998. He chose to do Gladiator, instead. I think the comparison was to Bud White, in LA Confidential, rather than Maximus.
The casting rumours were covered well on the CA website (which disappeared many years ago) and I remember the one about Crowe thinking the character was too similar to another he'd played but also that his price had gone up to $8m and that was too high for the film's budget of $65m (it later increased to $75m). This old AICN story refers to an online chat on 24th September 1998: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/2207?q=node/2207 |
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03-18-2013, 02:21 AM
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Re: Why Did Russell Crowe Turn Down Wolverine
Wow. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have cut X-Men 1's budget if they'd has Russel Crowe on board!
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