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Date Posted: 17:55:37 04/23/09 Thu
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Gina
's message, "Russell Crowes ego speaks...." on 17:48:51 04/23/09 Thu
His ego was kind enough to save Brad from a lawsuit. All together now, """AWWWW!"""
Still, Brad is mentioned more than what this movie is about. Does that seem strange to anyone else?
Russell Crowe in secret deal to save Brad Pitt from lawsuit
By Baz Bamigboye
Last updated at 11:16 PM on 23rd April 2009
Russell Crowe saved fellow star actor Brad Pitt from a multi-million dollar legal bloodbath after Angelina Jolie's other half quit the movie State Of Play.
Crowe, not known publicly for such kindnesses, insisted that Pitt not be hit with a lawsuit.
Actors had been hired, sets had been built - but Pitt wasn't happy with the script for State Of Play. It couldn't be re-written because Hollywood's screen writers were then on strike, so the actor fled.
Universal - the studio bankrolling the picture - was outraged, and in no mood to put up with an actor throwing his toys out of the pram because he took exception to a word or two in a script. Universal's legal people let it be known they were considering suing Pitt.
Meanwhile, desperate to rescue his movie, the film's director Kevin Macdonald flew to Australia to meet Russell Crowe.
The Oscar-winning actor told Macdonald he'd be happy to be in the movie but was emphatic about one thing: he told the film-maker and other executives that before any negotiations began he wanted an agreement that Universal and Working Title, the London-based powerhouse company producing the film, would not take any legal action against Pitt.
'Russell's view was that the film was going ahead anyway and to pursue Brad would have been punitive as he was always going to suffer the professional embarrassment over the way he left,' a source close to the actor told me.
There seems to have been no particular reason why Crowe should have shown his benevolent side to Pitt. The two actors barely know each other and, what's more, Pitt was never told about Crowe's magnanimous gesture.
Even some at the studio weren't aware of it. 'He's such a t****r,' said one executive. 'But sometimes he gets it, and can surprise you.'
As we now know, the movie turned out well, and has become the year's most acclaimed thriller, with Crowe on good form and Helen Mirren clearly enjoying herself as his editor (and sneaking in a few choice British swear words).
As Helen told me (and I apologise for repeating it here, but it is quite funny): 'Americans think t*** is some form of endearment, so I got away with using that and a few others.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... wsuit.htmlTop
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