Russell Crowe considers retiring from acting as he approaches 60
Crowe has spent four decades working as an actor, but at 60, is it time to call it quits? Photo / Getty Images
Russell Crowe, 59, is allegedly tossing up quitting the screen for good.
The Kiwi-born star has spent four decades working as an actor, but now that the big 6-0 is fast approaching, Crowe is contemplating his next chapter outside of the film world, reports Variety.
While at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in Czech Republic, the actor said: “You are standing in front of the mirror, and go: ‘Who the f*** is that?’ I am in that period now.”
The Les Misérables star name-dropped 85-year-old director Ridley Scott when talking about putting on the years while working in the film industry.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.“I will take Ridley Scott as my role model: he is still discovering new things in his work. Or I will just stop and you will never hear from me again,” he said. “I haven’t decided what it’s going to be. These are two very valid choices.”
Scott and Crowe worked together in the blockbuster movie Gladiator, which nabbed Best Picture in 2001 and awarded Crowe with the Best Actor gong.
Scott’s current film project is the new Gladiator sequel and it seems the Hollywood director isn’t retiring anytime soon.
With 20 upcoming films in the works, Scott has a busy schedule for the next few years, as does Crowe with a reported eight movies in the pipeline, according to IMDB.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.While Crowe won’t feature in the Gladiator sequel - the actor’s character dies in the first film - he is certain the movie will be epic with Scott at the helm of the project.
“I can’t think of this movie being anything other than spectacular,” Crowe shared.
Looking towards the future, The Pope’s Exorcist star dropped some hints regarding some films he’d like to bring to life.
The actor-turned-documentarian has a few documentaries that are set to be released when Crowe is ready.
“In order to release them, I have to make them legally comfortable. And to me, that destroys the point,” he said.
“So I just have to wait longer, wait for some people to die, and then I can put them out.”
