Russell Crowe not Watson

I'm not attempting to bring about disrespect to fellow OWF writer James Clayton but I have to state 100% for the record (as I loathe rumors, especially those that hit the bullshit detector on red alert) that Russell Crowe is not Dr. Watson to Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's upcoming adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary detective character. It simply ain't true.

Any news story that appears in The Sun and for that matter any of the absolute bullshit that is flying around for Christopher Nolan and Batman 3 should be disregarded right now because it's just fanboy gossip. Russell Crowe will not be Watson because he is Russell Crowe. The leading man. The guy who has one of the biggest ego's in Hollywood (and with great justification) is not going to play second fiddle to Downey Jr as a bumbling sidekick. I could have possibly seen him as Moriarty but Guy Ritchie has already found his man in Mark Strong, his frequent collaborator who has starred in his last two movies Revolver and the opening Friday in the U.K. - Rock"N"Rolla. But what is true is that Crowe is out hunting for a movie that will fill the time before work can begin on Nottingham next Spring with Ridley Scott, when the grass is green again. We know he has been trying to get a Bill Hicks biopic off the ground, that would seem favourite at this point. When there is something real to discuss about Batman, Sherlock Holmes or anything else... we will talk about it. And if you really can't get enough of Batman then go and see The Dark Knight again before it leaves theatres, something tells me the character will never get it this good ever again.

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