The Aussie A-List
December, 2008
The road to the top has often started down underRussell Crowe's parents were movie-set caterers in Australia, but it wasn't until he failed at a pop career with the single "I Want to Be Like Marlon Brando" that he concentrated on acting. He made it to Hollywood by way of The Quick and the Dead and then received Oscar nods for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. Crowe's phone-throwing prowess is genetic: His two cousins are professional cricket bowlers. When Nicole Kidman was...
