Hollywood movie star Russell Crowe won an Oscar for his role as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator. Twenty-two years later and Crowe is taking on another role set in Rome, Italy — as Father Gabriele Amorth.
.@RussellCrowe stars in #ThePopesExorcist, inspired by the actual memoirs of Father Gabriele Amorth, The Vatican’s Chief Exorcist. Now in production. pic.twitter.com/JEeDQr4rRu
— The Pope’s Exorcist (@PopesExorcist) August 3, 2022
The real-life Italian Catholic priest not only performed more than 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican but he also lived to write about them. His bestselling memoir is titled An Exorcist Tells His Story.
According to Deadline, after his death in 2016, Father Gabriele “left behind a trove of additional accounts of his exploits pulling the devil out of people all over the world.”
Where am I now ? pic.twitter.com/weGRGKATd5
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) July 19, 2022
Above and below are photos Crowe has taken while in the Eternal City. He captioned the group shot at the Colosseum (below): “Taking the kids to see my old office.”
Taking the kids to see my old office pic.twitter.com/uySmnOWHvo
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) July 18, 2022
quello che facciamo in vita
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) July 19, 2022
riecheggia nell’eternità pic.twitter.com/1BIkfjqMhF
With the Sistine Chapel photos below, Crowe wrote: “I’m not sure there’s a more special privilege in the world than to hold the key for the Sistine Chapel and to experience it’s glory in silence. So grateful.”
I’m not sure there’s a more special privilege in the world than to hold the key for the Sistine Chapel and to experience it’s glory in silence. So grateful.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) July 19, 2022
Sono al servicio di Roma. pic.twitter.com/BjPfPAvoIO
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