How Hollywood star and director Russell Crowe got almost $ 4 million from his own divorce

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

It's no secret that family relationships are almost always accompanied by big and small quarrels and, of course, bright reconciliations. However, it is not uncommon for it to come to divorce proceedings. And those who faced this phenomenon experienced it in different ways. For example, Hollywood star Russell Crowe, remembered by the audience for the popular film "Gladiator", very original noted this event. More information about the divorce proceedings "in Australian", further - in our publication.

Foreword

What can I say, Russell Crowe is one of those men who, not being handsome, are damn charming, charismatic and attractive. He has never been deprived of female attention. Before marriage, Russell's heart was rarely empty - Sharon Stone, Meg Ryan, Winona Ryder, Nicole Kidman are mentioned in the list of his victories …

Hollywood actor and Daniel Spencer - singer and actress Australia were first brought together by fate in 1989 on the set of the Australian film "Crossroads". The love that arose between them at that time, over the years, flared up with renewed vigor, then faded away when Russell had to fly from Sydney to Hollywood to shoot the next film.

And only almost 13 years later, on the day of his own birthday (April 7), Russell Crowe married his chosen one. At the end of the same year, their first child was born, and two years later, their second baby. Russell was a very caring and considerate father. During his free time from filming, that he was at home in Australia, the actor loved to mess with the babies, feed them, fiddle with diapers. For the sake of children, the actor even quit smoking.

Despite the fact that it was not easy for his wife to live with the actor, in view of the fact that he was always famous for his difficult character of truth-loving, the prerequisites for a divorce were not even outlined. In public, the couple always and everywhere looked happy and inseparable.

But nine years later, the happy marriage of the "gladiator" unexpectedly cracked for everyone. The reason was not advertised by either side. And the press, in confusion, presented different versions. According to one of which - as if the actor cheated on his wife, and on the other - it seems that Daniel herself gave a reason not only for jealousy. It was rumored that she had an affair with a partner in "Dancing with the Stars." But what was the real reason is still unknown.

However, in 2012, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, Russell and Daniel decided to part ways of their own accord. And although divorce is no longer perceived as a family tragedy in our time, many families, being on the verge of collapse, make even more mistakes that cannot be corrected. So Russell, in a fit of feelings, immediately went to New York, where he completely plunged into work, and his wife remained in Sydney with her sons. By his "escape" the actor wanted to postpone the divorce proceedings, in the hope of returning his family, but in fact only aggravated his situation.

Upon the return of the actor to Australia, a truce in the family did not happen, the offended Daniel remained adamant. The actor sought custody of his children for some time, but this did not work out either. And so that the boys did not feel deprived of their father's love, he often took the children to his farm, introduced them to sports, horse riding and other joys of farming.

By the way, Crowe never hid the fact that he could talk indefinitely on the topic of raising children. The actor always claims that nothing is more important to him in this world than fatherhood, and no career or the most successful role can compare with this. …

The auction that freed the actor from memories of a past life

Having never achieved family reunification, the hero of our review, six years after parting with his wife, received an official divorce, which he decided to celebrate in a very original way.

On the occasion of his 53rd birthday and 15th wedding anniversary with his ex-wife, the Hollywood star decided to stage a grand auction called "The Art of Divorce" in order to get rid of things in some way that remind him of his past life.

The intriguing event took place on April 7, 2018 under the auspices of the Sotheby's Australia auction house in Sydney. 226 lots were put up for auction related to the actor's creative career and personal life during the period when he was happily married. Among the lots were memorabilia from the filming of films, paintings by Australian artists and much more. At the end of the auction, summing up the results, it turned out that the aluminum sword of Maximus from "Gladiator" went under the hammer for $ 85.4 thousand, and a fake chariot with a pair of life-size artificial horses from the same film was estimated at $ 79.3 thousand. For the violin of Captain Jack Aubrey from the movie "Master of the Seas: At the End of the Earth" the buyer gave $ 135 thousand.

The 2001 Mercedes-Benz family car, several motorcycles, guitars, watches, art objects and even cricket equipment - in a word, everything that Russell has preserved from the time when he and Daniel lived under the same roof went under the hammer. As then stated on the auction house website:

The Australian actor himself commented that the sale of things is connected with his desire to move on and represents a "turning point" in his life. It is worth noting that 85% of the lots put up for a total of $ 3.7 million were sold at auction that day. And an additional agreement was made for 300 thousand. Say what you don’t say, it’s a good help to start a new life.

How and how does the famous Australian actor and director live today?

The main "Gladiator" of American cinema in life most of all prefers solitude and the opportunity to wake up at dawn to wander barefoot on the grass on his own farm in Australia. For this, as the actor himself says, he does not even need clothes. By the way, he is one of those actors who pays the least attention to their clothes. However, decency forces you to dress in something, so Russell chose for himself a flannel cowboy and classic jeans, in which he appears on the streets and in television studios for interviews, and in the director's chair on the set. By the way, he now shoots a lot as a director and in all his projects he acts as an actor himself.

Despite this lifestyle, Crowe often becomes an object for the gossip. The tabloid press from time to time still ascribes all kinds of novels to the actor. Among the objects of his fleeting hobbies were named the Russian model of the Siberian woman Olesya Romanenko, and the daughter of the Australian millionaire Sofia Forrest, who starred in his film. They also talked about Crowe's office romance with a young assistant - together they were captured by the paparazzi on the hotel balcony while vacationing in Los Cabos. Russell himself refuted all these tricks of journalists almost immediately in a rather rude form.

In 2019, reporters again, with a subtle hint of a new novel, talked about how Australian naturalist and writer Terri Irwin actively helped Russell lose weight after filming Personality Blurred. And the weight of the actor, which he gained for the main role in the film, then was 140 kg!

And more recently, the glossy pages were full of headlines "Russell Crowe and Terry Irwin are preparing a family nest in Oregon." It was also said that Russell and his new chosen one became the owners of a suburban area with a mansion, for the reconstruction of which the couple is ready to pay two million dollars. The actor has not yet reacted to the loud statements from the press. Who knows how this "gladiator's" love story will end.

Recall that at the peak of his career, Crowe received an Oscar and worldwide fame for his role in the popular blockbuster "Gladiator" (2000), where he brilliantly played the role of the main character of the picture - the brave Maximus.