Flight of the Crowe

“To some, Russell Crowe is still a bit of a Hando [Romper Stomper] – there’s that smouldering, explosive edginess”. For Beautiful Mind director Ron Howard it was Crowe’s “physicality and charisma…his intellect, his mental toughness and his soulfulness”. Says Crowe: “I’m work obsessed. No, I don’t conform, but I get on with what is required […] “Playing extreme characters or characters that are hard to portray or things that challenge you personally … that’s keeping your edge,”