Russell Crowe relished the opportunity to direct his first film, The Water Diviner

At 50, Russell Crowe has embraced the challenge of directing his first film, says Keeley Bolger

RUSSELL Crowe couldn’t give a monkey’s what others think of him. In the age of selfies, and the risk for A-listers of having their mugs surreptitiously snapped and splashed across social media, many actors would preen for their public, both physically and in what they say.

Crowe is not that man.