Russell Crowe was "insulted" by Deadpool 2 Cable audition offer

BY JOE ANDERTON

 

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Deadpool 2 recently released to commercial and critical success, and Josh Brolin's performance as Cable, alongside his roles in Avengers: Infinity War and Sicario 2: Soldado, have made him one of 2018's most prolific actors.

 

But the role could have gone to Russell Crowe – if only he wasn't so "insulted" by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld asking him to audition for it.

 

At a Las Vegas Comic-Con panel (via Collider), Liefeld said: "One night before I went to bed, I didn't know Russell Crowe was on Twitter, and I stupidly tweeted to Russell Crowe – not ever thinking he'd answer me – and I go, 'Hey Russell, you should read for Cable!'

 

"That didn't turn out very well, I got yelled at a lot, because I woke up – because he's in Australia – to Russell Crowe saying, 'Read for it?!', and my manager said, 'Yeah... Russell Crowe doesn't read for parts, Rob. You kind of insulted him.'

 

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Russell Crowe's ego has grown far beyond his acting abilities.  John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" show did a nice piece on some memorabilia from Russell's divorce auction.

Russell Crowe's an actor? I thought he was just like that normally.

Message to Crowe - 'f... off'.

Brolin nailed it. The last movie I saw Crowe in was crap and so was he - the mummy.