Comments on: Russell Crowe Apologizes

By: Pete in Birkenhead not far from Liverpool UK

Pete in Birkenhead not far from Liverpool UK — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:42:39 +0000

Russell Crowe should stick to ackting otherwise he will end up like Mickey Rourke. By the way, I am not dissing Mickey as he has realised the error of his way, and is by his own words, making up for lost time. CALM DOWN RUSS!!!!

By: R Young

R Young — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:44:36 +0000

An Asshole is still an Asshole… Shouldn’t take too long for this Asshole to blow up again… His ‘success’ on screen had obviously pumped up his ego (the one he sits on)…

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 05:37:58 +0000

What is it with him and the antics whenever a film of his opens? Brawls, phone throwing…WHAT IS THE DEAL? Of course he should apolegize but he is a CLOWN. Carry a cell phone for chrissakes. Who uses landline phones anyway – hotel or otherwise?

By: Lilly

Lilly — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 04:54:40 +0000

Um, has anyone ever wondered if he apologised to his victim *before* his turn on Letteran, you know, as in privately, first? If he did, then I would say he’s sincere. If not, then I do believe it could be for one of two reasons: PR stunt, or the victim took out a restraining order ASAP the second he got home from the hospital with his lawyer in tow.

My money’s on it being a bit of both reasons.

By: Donna A.

Donna A. — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 04:35:57 +0000

I like his movies. It is to bad he has a bad temper.
Donna A.

By: Jeans Mommy

Jeans Mommy — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:10:03 +0000

Doubt it’s a publicity stunt — you don’t do something that could possibly send you to jail when you have a little baby at home. He’s got a temper, he let it rage, he did something stupid, he got arrested and now he’s owning up to it. As for the scheduling of Letterman, he’s been doing Cinderella Man appearances for the past two weeks, it’s just another stop on his list.

By: Prophecy

Prophecy — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:50:09 +0000

This has publicity stunt written all over it.

Day 1 Highly tauted new movie tanks at box office
Day 2 Throws phone at hotel guy that causes no serious harm
Day 3 Scheduled to be on Letterman – now he can call himself stupid
Day 4 Calls Hugh Grant and thanks him for the idea

By: Joseph Simmons

Joseph Simmons — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:41:43 +0000

I’ve been envious ever since he starred with Salma Hayek in this really crappy chick flick ‘Breaking Up’ a while back.

But I’m not biased and I’ll give him credit for apologizing.

By: Naladahc

Naladahc — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:15:02 +0000

Yeah. Howard Stern just played the Letterman bit.

It was kind of shocking to hear him directly apologize on tv to the guy that he hit with the phone.

I’m in the same boat as you. He’s an ass but a great actor. I’ve liked him since the first time I saw him in the small Australian film “The Sum of Us”.

By: Simone

Simone — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:38:12 +0000

It doesnt kill to apologize, I am glad he did that.

No love lost there Russ. ;-)

By: Franklin

Franklin — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:09:12 +0000

Oops, I meant Cinderella Man (not The Contender, which was a reality show). :)

By: Franklin

Franklin — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:05:27 +0000

He sorry now since The Contender has been sinking at the box office, and looks like it will sink even more after this weekend. The fact is, this bad publicity is not good advertising for his latest movie, and the studio behind it is probably very annoyed with Crowe.

Never mind whether you should care about the off-camera behavior of an actor. The general public apparently DOES care, and it affects their attitude toward an actor’s movie. So the studios themselves care, too. Why cast an actor who, despite being very talented, has the potential to turn off audiences because of his private life antics? There’s a lot of money at stake when producing a movie.