Russell Crowe has opened up about his pay deal for his newest film, The Pope’s Exorcist.
The US supernatural horror, which is at the moment exhibiting in theatres, is available in because the Australian actor’s seventieth appearing credit score, so it’s truthful to imagine the Oscar-winning blockbuster star is aware of his means round contract negotiations.
Speaking on 2DayFM’s Hughesy, Ed and Erin on Thursday, Crowe, 59, was requested point-blank how a lot he was paid for the Sony Pictures flick, which was made on a funds of $US18 million ($A27 million) and has to date clocked a formidable $US54 million ($A82 million) on the international field workplace.
While he shunned sharing the precise greenback determine, Crowe assured he was thrilled with the sum.
“From a financial perspective, if you want specifics, I was amply taken care of,” Crowe mentioned. “And if you want even deeper specifics on the ongoing, there is a kiss at every turn,” Crowe added, seemingly confirming his contract said he would make a share of the movie’s revenue.
When requested by Erin Molan if the kiss [ongoing profit] was a “peck or an open-mouth snog”, Crowe supplied a relatively express various.
“There’s other people you share it with but certainly … It’s more like group sex,” he laughed. “It’s Hollywood, of course it’s an orgy.”
With a profession that started within the ’70s, earlier than exploding within the ’90s and early 2000s, Crowe mentioned he’s realized to make sure he’s paid handsomely for what he brings to the desk.
“I’ve been in the business a long, long time, and one of the things I’ve always made sure of is, because I know the type of commitment I give to something, I like to get paid to work,” he mentioned.
The Pope’s Exorcist was directed by Australian filmmaker Julius Avery, and was shot in Ireland and Rome final 12 months.
It follows Father Gabriele Amorth (Crowe), a private exorcist to the Pope who visits an Italian village the place a person is possessed by a demon.
The movie is predicated on the 1990 e-book An Exorcist Tells His Story, which is predicated on Amorth, a real-life determine who was the Pope’s exorcist within the ’80s, who claimed to have carried out greater than 60,000 exorcisms.
Crowe added of the movie’s constructing success, “I’m glad people are responding to it, but I really like the way they’re responding to it, the elements they’re responding to.
“They seem to have fallen in love with the character. I was having a lot of fun playing that character, but you never know in that little box whether people will get it, or if you’ll just look like an idiot.”
The Pope’s Exorcist is in cinemas now
Source: www.news.com.au
