Russell Crowe Was Happy With LOTR Casting

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00:00lord of the rings you turned down yeah and they offered you 10 10 of the gross of the movie i did

00:06the math for you why did you turn down lord of the rings number one because i didn't think peter

00:10jackson actually wanted me on the film because i think he was forced into talking to me because

00:15there was a moment in time when any everybody wanted me in and everything and he's a fellow

00:19new zealander right you know and so i can hear his voice and i'm talking to him on the phone and

00:24it's like i don't think he even knows what i've done you know and i just knew that my instinct was

00:31that he had somebody else in mind which turned out to be vigo and he should be allowed to hire the

00:36actor that he wants i did the math i don't mean to upset you but i think you would have gotten a

00:40hundred million dollars do you think about that ever do you ever say jesus christ i could have had

00:44a hundred million dollars if i had i forget who cares about vigo mortensen never thought about it