June 30 2006
Russell Crowe’s First Interview Ever
posted by Ana Samways at 3:33 pmBack in the day, when kiwi lad Russell Crowe was 20 year-old Russ Le Roq, this photo and interview appeared in the January 1985 issue of the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly. In what must be his very first encounter with the media, Le Roq show similar, er…confidence in his musical abilities as he does here in the Sydney Morning Herald story last month.
July 9th, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Actually Russell had had a fair amount of exposure in the local media over the previous years. He was well known in AK
July 10th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
I back Simon up on that. In the early 80’s, when I was at high school in Auckland, Russell was a big heart- throb with the girls. I recall much screaming going on when he played at our school.
July 10th, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Okay…maybe I got a bit excited over my find trawling through 80s Woman’s Weeklies; Let’s just say One of Russell Crowes’ Earliest Interviews Ever?
July 11th, 2006 at 8:16 am
May I have Le Barf Bag?
July 11th, 2006 at 11:16 am
And who can forget Le Roq and his staunch performance as one the Greasers in New Independent Theatre’s production of ‘Grease’, end of 1984 IIRC.
He drove all the old theatre queens wild by insisting on having a red hanky hanging out of a back pocket of his jeans – ‘Does he know what that MEANS..?’ they lamented…
July 11th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
Lisa, I recall a lot of screaming at his CURRENT gigs, but for a totally different reason….
PB
July 12th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
What does the red hanky mean?
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Dunk says:
July 11th, 2006 at 11:16 am
And who can forget Le Roq and his staunch performance as one the Greasers in New Independent Theatre’s production of ‘Grease’, end of 1984 IIRC.
He drove all the old theatre queens wild by insisting on having a red hanky hanging out of a back pocket of his jeans – ‘Does he know what that MEANS..?’ they lamented…
July 14th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
Red hanky.. hmm it comes from a complex set of hanky codes in which red … I won’t explain, just google it..
July 17th, 2006 at 7:09 pm
I don’t recall what he sang , Peter, but he was so cute back then it didn’t matter. He’s totally different nowadays.
January 30th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
[...] If you don’t know Russell Crowe used to be Russ Le Roq and is widely known as being a ‘difficult’ star. Check out Russ Le Roq’s first interview here. More importantly check out this cautionary tale from a journo who found himself seduced by Russ and celebrity culture and his fascinating tale of media manipulation, Machiavellian behavior and personal struggle to maintain his integrity and sanity. [...]