This article first appeared in the November 2022 digital edition of Equestrian Life. To see what’s in the current issue, click here. 

Russell Crowe in ‘Robin Hood’.

 

Russell Crowe amongst his mates

By Bernard Bale

He is larger than life, unpredictable, an award-winning actor, has a heritage which resembles an atlas and millions of fans all over the world – oh yes, he is also an excellent horseman who admits that some of his best friends are horses.

“I have been told I am a good horseman,” says Russell Crowe, “but I’m not exactly sure what that means. If it means that I don’t fall off then that is up for debate. If it means that I could win something in the Olympics, definitely not. If it means that I have a love of horses and count them among my friends, then that’s right on the button.”

Russell has been cast to ride horses in many of his movies and he is always delighted to be given that opportunity. “I do have an affinity with horses, so when I go through a script and find out that I have to ride that’s a real bonus,” he says. “Sometimes they insist that a particular scene has to be done by a stunt man and that can be frustrating because I always like a challenge, but you get used to having to sit out some of those scenes that you would really like to be doing yourself.”

Russell Crowe is such a very down-to-earth kind of bloke that you can forget that he is so internationally famous and, of course, an Oscar winner. “I don’t honestly think about being a famous face,” he says. “I’m just Russell. I have quite a few famous friends. If I start to name them it will sound like I am name dropping but some of us are like-minded and we hang out together now and then. I am not into image making, just being myself, and my friends all feel the same way. We don’t try to impress each other with our work or successes, we are just mates…

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