September 03, 2010
May 30, 2006
LEDGER IN LUHRMANN FILM WITH KIDMAN, HAS OTHER AUSSIE EATING CROWE (NYP)
By Stephen Saito
According to the New York Post’s Page Six, Heath Ledger has replaced Russell Crowe in the film Baz Luhrmann has called an "Australian Gone With the Wind." Crowe was making demands for script approval, according to the paper.
Writes the Post:
The hot-tempered Oscar winner demanded script approval for the love story with Nicole Kidman set in the Australian outback prior to the Japanese bombardment of Darwin in 1942. The producers told Luhrmann to find another actor, and the director met several times with fellow Aussie Ledger. "Baz liked him and offered him the movie," said one source. "Then Crowe came back to Luhrmann and said he'd forego script approval and wanted to do the movie, but they told him it was too late - to buzz off."
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