He was on Jay Leno last week, and if I heard him correctly, he said two other people considered for his role were Ben Affleck and Leonardo DiCaprio. I can't imagine two more horrible choices to play a manly-man than those two.
Ben Affleck can't act his way out of a wet paperbag. He is the most wooden actor in recent memory. When a scene calls for fear,anger,sadness it's all portrayed as one in the same on the screen.
He just squints a differently depending on what feeling is needed.
Not Ellen DeGeneres? How strange.
Therein lies Russell Crowe's appeal. He is very much a manly man.
Becki
I cant imagine this film being worth while with either of those two actors.
Crowe is fantastic in this role. I saw the film last night and highly recommend it.
Unlike many so called ' actors ' these days - Crowe can act.