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Gladiator Star Russell Crowe Honored in Rome
Russell Crowe, who earned an Academy Award for best actor for his portrayal of Maximus Decimus Meridiusin the 2000 film Gladiator, was honoured by the city of Rome. Rome is home to the Colosseum, where real gladiators clashed in front of thousands of spectators during the Roman Empire.
Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri welcomed Crowe to City Hall, which sits atop the ancient Capitoline Hill, and stepped out on a balcony with him to show off a panoramic view of the ancient Roman Forum.
Crowe was presented with a plaque and the status of “ambassador of Rome across the world.”
“I am constantly at the service of Rome,” the actor stated in Italian.
Crowe played MaxMaximus Decimus Meridiusin; a commander dragged into slavery before becoming a gladiator in the film.
Crowe is currently in Rome for the city’s film festival, where “Poker Face,” a picture he directed and starred in, is having its world premiere.
The mayor stated that the plaque was ” a mark of Rome’s friendship and affection for Russell Crowe.”
Russell Crowe Denies Julia Roberts Story
Meanwhile, Russell Crowe has angrily refuted director P.J. Hogan’s claim that he had a bad table read with Julia Roberts for the film My Best Friend’s Wedding.
On Friday, the 58-year-old actor stated that he never auditioned for the role of Roberts’ closest friend in the cult classic romantic comedy.
According to Hogan’s book From Hollywood With Love, Crowe allegedly refused to look at Roberts, 54, during the audition and read every line in a monotone.’
‘It was probably one of the worst table reads I’d ever had.’ Russell was sitting across from Julia.
‘He held that screenplay, and he stared at that script, and he didn’t glance at her once,’ Hogan wrote in the February book.
‘He read every paragraph monotonously. Julia was bending over the table, staring inches from Russell’s face, attempting to make eye contact. And he refused to look at her.’
In 1997, Julia Roberts starred in My Best Friend’s Wedding.
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