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'''Russell Ira Crowe''' (born 7 April 1964) is an <!-- DO NOT ADD NATIONALITY/CITIZENSHIP TO FIRST SENTENCE PER RFC CONSENSUS ON TALK PAGE -->actor, director and musician. He was born in New Zealand, spending 10 years of his childhood in Australia and residing there permanently by age 21.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/25/russell-crowe-twice-denied-australian-citizenship-its-so-so-unreasonable |title=Russell Crowe claims twice denied Australian citizenship: 'It's so, so unreasonable' |work=The Guardian |location=London |last=Tan |first=Monica |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=27 June 2021 |archive-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607204957/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/25/russell-crowe-twice-denied-australian-citizenship-its-so-so-unreasonable |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Roach">{{Cite news |last=Roach |first=Vicki |date=26 June 2013 |title=Oscar-winner Russell Crowe denied Australian citizenship |work=Courier Mail |location= Brisbane |url= http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/oscarwinner-russell-crowe-denied-australian-citizenship/story-fnic6ynx-1226670247991 |access-date=26 June 2013 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160815062942/http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/oscarwinner-russell-crowe-denied-australian-citizenship/story-fnic6ynx-1226670247991 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Russell Crowe filmography|His work on screen]] has earned him [[List of awards and nominations received by Russell Crowe|various accolades]], including an [[Academy Award]], two [[Golden Globe Awards]], and a [[British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]].
Crowe began acting in Australia and had his breakout role in the drama ''[[Romper Stomper]]'' (1992). He gained international recognition for his starring roles as a police detective in the thriller ''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]'' (1997) and [[Jeffrey Wigand]] in the drama ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'' (1999). Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role in the period film ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' (2000), winning the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. Further acclaim came for portraying mathematician [[John Forbes Nash Jr.]] in the biopic ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' (2001). He then starred in the war film ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'' (2003), the sports drama ''[[Cinderella Man]]'' (2005), the Western ''[[3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)|3:10 to Yuma]]'' (2007), the crime drama ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'' (2007), the thriller ''[[State of Play (film)|State of Play]]'' (2009), and the action film ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (2010).
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==Early life==
Crowe was born in [[Strathmore Park]], a suburb of [[Wellington]], New Zealand, on 7 April 1964,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe |url= http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/crowe/timeline.html |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101121093244/http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/crowe/timeline.html |archive-date=21 November 2010 |access-date=30 June 2008 |publisher=People in the News ([[CNN]])}}</ref> the son of film set caterers Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe.<ref name="actors">{{Cite web |date=4 January 2004 |title=Inside The Actors Studio With Russell Crowe – Transcript |url=http://www.kaspinet.com/Inside_The_Actors_Studio-Transcript.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623093158/http://www.kaspinet.com/Inside_The_Actors_Studio-Transcript.htm |archive-date=23 June 2008 |access-date=10 April 2010 |publisher=Kaspinet.com}}</ref> His father also managed a hotel.<ref name="actors" /> His maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who was appointed an [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for filming footage of [[World War II]] as a member of the New Zealand Film Unit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside The Actors Studio – Transcript |url= http://www.kaspinet.com/Inside_The_Actors_Studio-Transcript.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150324015003/http://www.kaspinet.com/Inside_The_Actors_Studio-Transcript.htm |archive-date=24 March 2015 |publisher=kaspinet.com}}</ref> Crowe is Māori, and identifies with [[Ngāti Porou]] through one of his maternal great-great-grandmothers.<ref name="Ancestry">{{Cite tweet |number=353596721428824064 |user=russellcrowe |title=Born NZ, live Australia, 1 Welsh grandad, 1 Scottish, also Italian, Norwegian & Maori heritage, also English in there but I don't mention that |author=Russell Crowe |date=6 July 2013 |access-date=4 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="actors" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe ~ Russell ... Something to Crowe About! |url= http://russellcrowe.5u.com/Interviews/JuiceMagazine_5_93.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045042/http://russellcrowe.5u.com/Interviews/JuiceMagazine_5_93.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |publisher=5u.com}}</ref> His paternal grandfather, John Doubleday Crowe, was a Welsh man from [[Wrexham]], while another of his grandparents was Scottish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/iconsofwales/sites/content/pages/russell_crowe.shtml |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060630132713/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/iconsofwales/sites/content/pages/russell_crowe.shtml |archive-date=30 June 2006 |access-date=19 November 2006 |publisher=BBC Wales |date=30 June 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2010 |title=English folklore brings Crowe back to Wales |url= http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/88090/english-folklore-brings-crowe-back-to-wales.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151016030751/http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/88090/english-folklore-brings-crowe-back-to-wales.aspx |archive-date=16 October 2015 |access-date=22 February 2013 |website=[[The Leader (Welsh newspaper)|The Leader]] |location=Wrexham}}</ref> His other ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 June 2005 |title=Russell Crowe: Hollywood livewire |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4070410.stm |access-date=10 April 2010 |archive-date=5 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205180620/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4070410.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 February 2011 |title=Brits 'Sheepish' About 'Kiwi' Cousins Despite Close Historical Links |publisher=Ancestry.co.uk |url= http://www.ancestry.co.uk/about/default.aspx?section=pr-2011-02-05 |access-date=4 March 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120330235306/http://www.ancestry.co.uk/about/default.aspx?section=pr-2011-02-05 |archive-date=30 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |date=7 February 2011 |title=Ancestry entdeckt preußische Wurzeln des "Gladiator" Russell Crowe |publisher=Ancestryeurope.lu |lang=de |url= http://www.ancestryeurope.lu/press/press-releases/deutschland/2011/02/ancestry-entdeckt-preuische-wurzeln-des-gladiator-russell-crowe/ |url-status=dead |access-date=4 March 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170706111523/http://www.ancestryeurope.lu/press/press-releases/deutschland/2011/02/ancestry-entdeckt-preuische-wurzeln-des-gladiator-russell-crowe/ |archive-date=6 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="Ancestry" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Johansen / Olsen Family Tree |url=http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clarkenz&id=I055 |publisher=ancestry.com |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-date=22 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222124726/http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clarkenz&id=I055 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a cousin of former [[New Zealand national cricket captains]] [[Martin Crowe|Martin]] and [[Jeff Crowe]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=North East Wales Showbiz – Russell Crowe |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/showbiz/russellcrowe.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100523081252/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/showbiz/russellcrowe.shtml |archive-date=23 May 2010 |access-date=22 February 2013 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> and the nephew of cricketer [[Dave Crowe]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Video: Family, friends pay respects at Martin Crowe's funeral |work=Newshub |publisher=newshub.co.nz |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2016/03/family-friends-pay-respects-at-martin-crowes-funeral.html |access-date=3 March 2016 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723153313/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2016/03/family-friends-pay-respects-at-martin-crowes-funeral.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Through his paternal grandmother, he is a direct descendant of [[Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat]], the last man to be beheaded in Britain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simon Fraser: the last man in Britain to be beheaded |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/simon-fraser-the-last-man-in-britain-to-be-beheaded-1479423 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=The Scotsman}}</ref>
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After initial success in Australia, Crowe first starred in a Canadian production in 1993, ''[[For the Moment (film)|For the Moment]]'', before concentrating on American films. He co-starred with [[Denzel Washington]] in ''[[Virtuosity]]'' (the duo later appearing together in ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'') and with [[Sharon Stone]] in ''[[The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)|The Quick and the Dead]]'' in 1995.<ref name="actors" /> He went on to become a three-time Oscar nominee, winning the [[Academy Award]] as [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] in 2000 for ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''.<ref name="actors" /> Crowe was awarded the (Australian) [[Centenary Medal]] in 2001 for "service to Australian society and Australian film production."<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1127575 It's an Honour website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422064357/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1127575 |date=22 April 2023 }}. Retrieved 23 October 2010.</ref>
Crowe received three consecutive best actor Oscar nominations, for ''The Insider'', ''Gladiator'', and ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''.<ref name="actors" /> Crowe won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|best actor award]] for ''A Beautiful Mind'' at the [[56th British Academy Film Awards|2002 BAFTA award]] ceremony, as well as the [[Golden Globe]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild]] awards for the same performance. Although nominated for an Academy Award, he lost to Denzel Washington. All three films were also nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], and both ''Gladiator'' and ''A Beautiful Mind'' won the award. Crowe became the first actor to star as the lead in back-to-back Best Picture winners since [[Walter Pidgeon]] (who starred in ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' [1941] and ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' [1942]).{{cn|date=May 2024}}
Within the six-year stretch from 1997 to 2003, he also starred in two other best picture nominees, ''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]'' and ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''. In 2005, he re-teamed with ''A Beautiful Mind'' director [[Ron Howard]] for the biographical boxing drama ''[[Cinderella Man]]''. In 2006, he re-teamed with ''Gladiator'' director [[Ridley Scott]] for ''[[A Good Year]]'', the first of two consecutive collaborations (the second being ''American Gangster'' co-starring again with Denzel Washington, released in late 2007). Although the light romantic comedy of ''A Good Year'' was not greatly received, Crowe seemed pleased with the film, telling [[STV (TV channel)|STV]] in an interview that he thought it would be enjoyed by fans of his other films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe video interview |url=http://www.stv.tv/content/out/film/videointerviews/display.html?id=opencms:/out/films/video_interviews/russell_crowe_a_good_year_interview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501091646/http://www.stv.tv/content/out/film/videointerviews/display.html?id=opencms%3A%2Fout%2Ffilms%2Fvideo_interviews%2Frussell_crowe_a_good_year_interview |archive-date=1 May 2008 |access-date=29 May 2007 |publisher=[[STV (TV network)|STV]] |format=Video}}</ref>
In recent years, Crowe's box office standing has declined.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williamson |first=Kevin |date=26 November 2010 |title=The fall of Russell Crowe |newspaper=Toronto Sun |url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2010/11/26/16331416.html |access-date=8 April 2011 |archive-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630005343/http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2010/11/26/16331416.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Crowe appeared in ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'', a film based on the [[Robin Hood]] legend, directed by Ridley Scott and released on 14 May 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 April 2009 |title=Robin Hood is coming in May of 2017 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53628 |access-date=11 March 2009 |archive-date=13 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313053604/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53628 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the ''Robin Hood'' shoot, Crowe fractured both of his legs doing a scene in which he "jumped off a castle portcullis onto rock-hard uneven ground" and said he "never discussed the injury with production, never took a day off because of it, I just kept going to work".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/russell-crowe-reveals-fractured-both-legs-during-robin-hood-shoot-just-kept-going-exclusive-8584385|title=Russell Crowe Reveals He Fractured Both Legs During ''Robin Hood'' Shoot: 'I Just Kept Going' (Exclusive)|date=February 17, 2024|access-date=February 17, 2024|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> Crowe starred in the 2010 [[Paul Haggis]] film ''[[The Next Three Days]]'', an adaptation of the 2008 French film ''Pour Elle''.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Michael |last2=Dave McNary |date=30 July 2009 |title=Russell Crowe to star in 'Three Days' |work=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006667.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |url-status=dead |access-date=30 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802101511/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006667.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |archive-date=2 August 2009}}</ref>
After a year off from acting, Crowe played Jackknife in ''[[The Man with the Iron Fists]]'', opposite [[RZA]]. He took on the role of [[Javert]] in the [[musical film]] of ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (2012),<ref name="ComingSoon">{{Cite web |date=8 September 2011 |title=Russell Crowe Joins Les Miserables |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=81882 |access-date=10 September 2011 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |archive-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013213046/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=81882 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and portrayed [[Superman]]'s biological father, [[Jor-El]], in the [[Christopher Nolan]]-produced film
In June 2013, Crowe signed to make his directorial debut with an historical drama film ''[[The Water Diviner]]'', in which he also starred alongside [[Jacqueline McKenzie]], [[Olga Kurylenko]], [[Jai Courtney]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 June 2013 |title=Russell Crowe Plans Directorial Debut in Period Drama 'Water Diviner' |publisher=firstshowing.net |url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/russell-crowe-plans-directorial-debut-in-period-drama-water-diviner/ |access-date=19 June 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202437/http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/russell-crowe-plans-directorial-debut-in-period-drama-water-diviner/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Set in the year 1919, the film was produced by Troy Lum, Andrew Mason and Keith Rodger.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 June 2013 |title=Russell Crowe Set To Make Feature Directing Debut With THE WATER DIVINER |publisher=twitchfilm.com |url=http://twitchfilm.com/2013/06/russell-crowe-set-to-make-feature-directing-debut-with-the-water-diviner.html |url-status=dead |access-date=19 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622071403/http://twitchfilm.com/2013/06/russell-crowe-set-to-make-feature-directing-debut-with-the-water-diviner.html |archive-date=22 June 2013}}</ref>
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On 9 March 2005, Crowe revealed to ''[[GQ]]'' magazine that [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents had approached him prior to the [[73rd Academy Awards]] and told him that the terrorist group [[al-Qaeda]] wanted to kidnap him.<ref name="al-Qaeda threats">{{Cite web |last=Kevin Roxburgh |title=Russell Crowe Biography |url=http://www.american-gangster.net/russell-crowe-biography.php |access-date=26 October 2011 |publisher=american-gangster.net |archive-date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903220425/http://www.american-gangster.net/russell-crowe-biography.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> He recalled, "It was something to do with some recording picked up by a French policewoman, I think, in either Libya or Algiers... it was about taking iconographic Americans out of the picture as a sort of cultural destabilisation plan."<ref name="Perry">O'Riordan, Bernard. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/09/alqaida.film How Bin Laden put the word out: get Russell Crowe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923004714/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/09/alqaida.film |date=23 September 2016 }}, ''The Guardian'', 9 March 2005. Retrieved 12 July 2008.</ref>
At the beginning of 2009, Crowe appeared in a series of Australian special-edition postage stamps called "Legends of the Screen", featuring Australian actors. Crowe, [[Geoffrey Rush]], [[Cate Blanchett]], and [[Nicole Kidman]] each appear twice in the series, once as themselves and once as their Academy Award-nominated character. Crowe is the only non-Australian to appear in the stamps.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20256753,00.html "Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman Happy to Be Licked – On Stamps."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205150210/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20256753,00.html |date=5 February 2009 }} ''People'' Alan Doyle. 4 February 2009.</ref>
In June 2010, Crowe, who started smoking when he was 10, announced he had [[smoking cessation|quit]] for the sake of his two sons.<ref>{{cite news |title=My son made me feel ashamed – Crowe |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/my-smoking-habit-was-bigger-than-ben-hur-says-russell-crowe-ng-336dce9b870cc771b2ba9ade03ef5c0f#:~:text=RUSSELL%20Crowe%20has%20revealed%20the,out%20a%20late%2Dnight%20cigarette. |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=PerthNow |date=27 July 2010 |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324131643/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/my-smoking-habit-was-bigger-than-ben-hur-says-russell-crowe-ng-336dce9b870cc771b2ba9ade03ef5c0f#:~:text=RUSSELL%20Crowe%20has%20revealed%20the,out%20a%20late%2Dnight%20cigarette. |url-status=live }}</ref> In November, he told [[David Letterman]] that he had smoked more than 60 cigarettes a day for 36 years, and that he had "fallen off the wagon" the night before the interview and smoked heavily.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Snyder |first=Steven James |date=11 November 2010 |title=The Night Shift: Now A Serious Word or Two From Russell Crowe (Video) |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://entertainment.time.com/2010/11/11/the-night-shift-now-a-serious-word-about-smoking-with-russell-crowe-video/}}</ref>
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On the day of the appointment, Crowe declared that it would be important to host the next [[FIFA World Cup]] in Italy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russell Crowe diventa "Ambasciatore di Roma nel mondo" |url=https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2022-10-14/russell-crowe-diventa-ambasciatore-roma-nel-mondo-18446122/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |agency=agi.it |publisher=agi.it |date=20 December 2022 |archive-date=17 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817145627/https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2022-10-14/russell-crowe-diventa-ambasciatore-roma-nel-mondo-18446122/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russell Crowe diventa "Ambasciatore di Roma nel mondo" |url=https://tg24.sky.it/roma/2022/10/14/russell-crowe-ambasciatore-roma-mondo |access-date=20 December 2022 |agency=tg24.sky.it |publisher=tg24.sky.it |date=20 December 2022 |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220200952/https://tg24.sky.it/roma/2022/10/14/russell-crowe-ambasciatore-roma-mondo |url-status=live }}</ref>
In July 2023, on holiday in Italy visiting the archaeological site of [[Ostia Antica]], to please fans of ''Gladiator'', including those who asked about [[Gladiator
<ref>{{cite news |title=Russell Crowe torna Gladiatore a Ostia Antica: "Hey, sono Max. Ma dove sono finiti gli uomini?" |url=https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/07/07/news/russell_crowe_ostia_antica_gladiatore_video-407000363/ |access-date=7 July 2023 |agency=roma.repubblica.it |publisher=roma.repubblica.it |date=7 July 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707212658/https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/07/07/news/russell_crowe_ostia_antica_gladiatore_video-407000363/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russell Crowe a Roma per Il Gladiatore 2? Foto e selfie in centro |url=https://www.iltempo.it/personaggi/2023/07/07/gallery/russell-crowe-roma-ostia-gladiatore2-foto-video-36315366/ |access-date=7 July 2023 |agency=iltempo.it |publisher=iltempo.it |date=7 July 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707213116/https://www.iltempo.it/personaggi/2023/07/07/gallery/russell-crowe-roma-ostia-gladiatore2-foto-video-36315366/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/gladiator-2-maximus-reprisal-cicero-call-russell-crowe-video/|title=Gladiator 2: Russell Crowe Challenges Original Movie Betrayal While In Rome|date=7 July 2023|website=ScreenRant|access-date=6 September 2023|archive-date=22 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822095417/https://screenrant.com/gladiator-2-maximus-reprisal-cicero-call-russell-crowe-video/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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