Russell Crowe has the war wounds of an actor who has completed his own stunts, including several "that didn't go fully correctly", over the years. "A whole screed of injuries," is how he describes it. So, the thought of a potential Glastonbury mud-fest after weeks of rain? The man who played Maximus Decimus Meridius will be able to handle it.
Well...
"Probably," he laughs. "We're in the acoustic tent, which is a large tent with a covered stage, so we'll be okay." Crowe makes his Glastonbury debut this year, not as an A-list VIP guest (although he is that, too), but as a performer with his band, Indoor Garden Party.
For those who know him for his "other job", as he describes his Oscar-winning career of films including Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, LA Confidential, Les Miserables and more, this may come as a surprise - but the star has been playing guitar for far longer than he's been playing characters. "I had years and years and years of touring and playing in pubs and clubs and releasing records before I got a feature film," he says, speaking on Zoom from a studio in Sydney, Australia, just a few days before travelling to Europe. "In fact, when I first started [acting], the idea I would be in a feature film one day was ludicrous.
" Image: Indoor Garden Party are playing Glastonbury, Dublin and Warrington gigs. Pic: Joe Machart/Nick Hodgskin 'We're going to blow that place up' There is a "reset and rebalance aspect" to making music, he says. "Film sets tend to be very controlle.
