Russell Crowe to Replace Brad Pitt

103 Helena : 11/26/2007 at 11:20 am
Was Snatch based on his looks? Was California based on his looks? Was Seven based on his looks? Was 12 monkeys based on his looks?

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No, Thelma & Louise was. His breakout hit. Would he have gotten the role if he was ugly?

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Sure, Thelma and Louise was his break out role, but it isn’t his only role. Many of his roles since that break out role have not been based on his looks.

Personally, I thought the younger russell crowe was rather good looking in Gladiator - which was his break out role as far as hollywood was concerned. he certainly wouldn’t have got that role looking like Danny de vito!!!!!!!! (exclamation marks for janice).

97 Annie : 11/26/2007 at 11:17 am
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yes IWAV was good so was 12 monkeys and seven but look how long hes been doing this dont you think he should have more good films than he does? You wanna blame the “bad performance run” (your words) on the TV girl ok. BP is a “good” actor but HONESTLY do you think he would be at his level of fame without the whole break up AJ stealing him from TV girl blah blah drama? NO his personal life and looks helped his career far more than his acting. Now look at the movies hes been doing as of late they all of them have substance unlike before

credit to alison p from earlier thread

Will Russell Sign and Make Me Eat Crowe?

I didn’t report on Brad Pitt dropping out of State of Play last week because, primarily, it is a much bigger story than a lot of the folks third-partying it are making it out to be. This is more than just a “Brad Pitt drops out of movie” story. In fact, this has a lot to do with the writers strike and while it may seem like a **** move on Pitt’s part, it is in actuality a smart move and a move that the majority of A-list actors that can afford to drop films should do.
The new story regarding the state of State of Play is that Universal is presently chasing down Russell Crowe to replace Pitt, and then there is the idea that Johnny Depp also has an opening in his schedule since the production for Shantaram crumbled as well as Tom Hanks who say Angels and Demons suffer a setback due to the strike.

The film was originally penned by Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom, Lions for Lambs) and then rewritten by Peter Morgan, Tony Gilroy and Billy Ray. The film stars the likes of such big names as Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn and Jason Bateman and is being directed by Last King of Scotland helmer Kevin Macdonald. Not a bad list eh?

Pitt was set to play a politico-turned-journalist who spearheads his newspaper’s investigation into a killing that leads to a fast-rising congressman (Norton). He then becomes conflicted since he was once the congressman’s confidant and at the same time he develops a relationship with the pol’s estranged wife (Wright Penn).

So why did Pitt leave? This is the question, and if you believe what the trades are saying it is because, during the rewrite process, the film wavered from Pitt’s vision.

The “NY Times” cites anonymous sources saying that “the producers asked Mr. Pitt for a speedy answer about its latest version of the screenplay several days before the writers’ strike, but that he registered his dissatisfaction with the script only several hours after the strike had begun — and just 10 days before filming was to have started.” Another “NY Times” source said Pitt “had rejected the last version of the script on Nov. 3, two days before the strike, and had tried to work out a compromise with the director, Kevin Macdonald, before pulling out.”

Already things aren’t looking good, but the “NY Times” comes next with the sentence that describes what is wrong in Hollywood:

The project was delayed while the studio tried to cajole Mr. Pitt into proceeding with some version of the script.
“Some” version of the script? Does anyone involved with this production over at Universal realize there is a writers strike? If they do realize this do they realize that nothing can be changed now that the strike is in place and until it ends?
I can only assume Pitt realized there were problems with the script and wasn’t willing to shoot something that was already set in stone. I am already anxiously awaiting when all these strike films hit theaters and the writers scream that they changed the shooting script. It isn’t going to be a pretty picture.

I can only assume, even though Hollywood trade rags aren’t openly saying it, that most of Hollywood knows the real reason Pitt pulled out of the production and if they do and if my speculation is even remotely correct I don’t see Russell Crowe, Johnny Depp or Tom Hanks jumping aboard a ship that still needs work to be righted.

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115 katya : 11/26/2007 at 11:30 am

I read Nicki Finke says Variety sat on the story about BP leaving for 10 days — why — to make BP look worse?

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You don’t know why and neither do I. According to other reports Universal was trying to cajole BP to stay and do the role. So that might be why they didn’t want to release the news.

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You’re the worst scum for flaming the issue !!!

103 Helena : 11/26/2007 at 11:20 am
Was Snatch based on his looks? Was California based on his looks? Was Seven based on his looks? Was 12 monkeys based on his looks?

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No, Thelma & Louise was. His breakout hit. Would he have gotten the role if he was ugly?

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GREAT COMEBACK! THE BEST IVE EVER SEEN ON THIS SITE. SO TRUE!!!! BRILLIANT!

Why all the talk about box office? You think this film has box office written all over it? Please. It’s about creative control. That’s it. It’s been done before and willl be done just about all the time.

“shitzy!!! we know you found new name for yourself,Ok RC is better actror than Brad.so what???still Brad is on top of money making celebrity in USA.he gains money more than will smith,more than TC and for sure more than RC.so there is no big deal.”

BP does was paid more than TC and WS bonly because he does 2 to 3 movies a year whereas Will Smith and Tom Cruise do one movie a year. But If you ask who wins at the box office then its definitly WS and TC!!!

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Also I forgot the reason BRAD PITT is the top money making celeb is not only because he does 3 to 3 movies a year but also does TV commercials.

139 kja

every single A LIST ACTOR DOES OVERSEAS COMMERCIALS

NOT every A-list does oversea commercials. For example Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks Dezel Washington…..don’t do TV commercials.!!!

georgie -

You asked how old I am, right? well, old enough to get a CPA license. wealthy enough to live in an expensive zip code in california. thankful enough to have raised 2 children who are in residency training.

135 kja

no you are so wrong,BP is doing as much movie as TC.two movies per year.last year he just had Babel means One movie,see he doesn`t make as much movie as WS and TC.he is doing less than them.but he knows how to make money.

accept it,he is good producer and he puts his foot in the place that he likes not the place for money.

at least you accept the fact that he is money maker.

123 truth : 11/26/2007 at 11:36 am
97 Annie : 11/26/2007 at 11:17 am
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yes IWAV was good so was 12 monkeys and seven but look how long hes been doing this dont you think he should have more good films than he does? You wanna blame the “bad performance run” (your words) on the TV girl ok. BP is a “good” actor but HONESTLY do you think he would be at his level of fame without the whole break up AJ stealing him from TV girl blah blah drama? NO his personal life and looks helped his career far more than his acting. Now look at the movies hes been doing as of late they all of them have substance unlike before

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I think he has as good a track record as any other A-lister, Clooney, Denzel, Harrison Ford, any of them. They have all had highs and lows in their careers.

And yes, I do agree that Brad’s personal life as of late has ramped up people’s interest in him. His career was flagging in the first few years of to 2000s, he said so himself, that his life was “going nowhere” during that time. He has charisma, but it is his chemistry with Angelina that really makes people take notice. He is sexier and even more yummy since he has been with her, but it is my personal opinion that he shines more brightly now because of what is going on inside of him rather than outside. He is growing as an actor, and it shows.

There is nothing more attractive than a man who wants to be a father and is devoted to his lady. And people are interested in that. They are all commenting on what special mojo he must have to have tamed the fiercely independent Jolie. She now allows him to take the lead sometimes in public, and people find that very sexy to watch.

His life changes and new perspective (courtesy of Angie) have spilled over into his acting, and I do think it has made him even better. He’s a better actor now because of maturity and having learned important life lessons, but he was always a good actor.

Like anybody else, he is growing in his craft and drawing on his own experiences.