Russell Crowe on starring in The Pope's Exorcist: 'I do enjoy the responsibility of playing real people'

Hollywood actor Russell Crowe, who has played several characters drawn from real life – Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider, John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, James J. Braddock in Cinderella Man, and Roger Ailes in Loudest Voice – says he was attracted to the role by the opportunity to portray a real-life exorcist in The Pope's Exorcist.

 

Russell Crowe on starring in The Pope's Exorcist: 'I do enjoy the responsibility of playing real people'

 

“The thing that got me interested is the fact that it is a real job and this particular man had not only done it for so long, but documented the things that he’d experienced across a number of books,” he recalls. “I do enjoy the responsibility of playing real people. I’ve done it a few times. There is an extra responsibility when you’re playing somebody real, to try and get the essence of that person across.”

 

Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, The Pope’s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

 

Sony Pictures Entertainment India releases The Pope’s Exorcist on April 7th in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

 

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