RUSSELL Crowe has reportedly pulled out of a film in New Zealand because of the rush of publicity his possible involvement had created. The Oscar-winner was being courted to appear in a $16.5 million ($NZ18 million) film about Charles Upham, a man described as New Zealand's greatest war hero.
But a local newspaper has reported that the stir caused merely by attaching Crowe's name to the project caused him to pull out. We were at a stage with (Crowe) that we felt confident in our ability to attract him to the contract stage. Media coverage led him to walk away from the project, Matt Welsh, boss of the production company behind the film has told the RUSSELL Crowe has reportedly pulled out of a film in New Zealand because of the rush of publicity his possible involvement had created.
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