Russell Crowe to Pinch-hit for Brad Pitt?
Russell Crowe by Lester Cohen/WireImage.com
I'm not sure he's got the cheekbones for the job, but
Variety says Universal Pictures execs spent their holiday weekend attempting to coax Oscar winner
Russell Crowe to replace Angelina Jolie's other half in the all-star political thriller
State of Play.
Brad Pitt
claims the studio is to blame, and all they had to do was wait out the writers' strike so a script that he liked could be hammered out. But Universal counters that it has the option of suing, seeing as the heartthrob bailed on a pay-or-play deal. Personally, I think they should just make a documentary of
this drama and call it a day. -
Ben Katner
