{"id":249464,"date":"2023-03-30T14:26:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T06:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/?p=249464"},"modified":"2023-03-30T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T06:26:53","slug":"russell-crowe-plays-the-popes-exorcist-in-his-first-horror-movie-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/?p=249464","title":{"rendered":"Russell Crowe Plays &#8220;The Pope&#8217;s Exorcist&#8221; In His First Horror Movie Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to The Pope\u2019s Exorcist, Russell Crowe had never led a horror film.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the trailer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE POPE&#039;S EXORCIST - Official Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Csfy9Qkvam8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just something I hadn\u2019t done \u2013 a genre I\u2019ve never really touched at all. Scary movies put me off my sleep,\u201d says the Academy Award\u00ae-winning actor with a laugh. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly superstitious. Moving in circles like this where you\u2019re examining situations that the characters face\u2026 It\u2019s not necessarily a comfortable place for me. Certainly, there were a lot of unusual things happening around us, but you keep your balance and see them as coincidence, otherwise you\u2019re going to drive yourself a little bit insane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-207534\" src=\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Pope-s-Exorcist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lucky for Crowe, there were plenty of things to keep him busy throughout the making of The Pope\u2019s Exorcist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-207537\" src=\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Pope-s-Exorcist-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In order to understand his character and what made him tick, Crowe dove into research, amassing all the material he could about the late Father Gabriele Amorth, the real-life Pope\u2019s exorcist who was able to chronicle his stories in the best-selling memoirs on which the film is based. Crowe travelled to Rome, where he spent a week meeting people from the Vatican who knew the Pope\u2019s exorcist. For all of the rumors of the secretive Church, Crowe says, \u201cI have to say that the Church was very open. We were given some extreme privileges by those in charge at the Vatican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-208098\" src=\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Pope-s-Exorcist-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Director Julius Avery says that on that trip to Rome, he and Crowe saw firsthand how fondly Father Amorth is remembered, admired, and loved \u2013 which Crowe wanted to honor in his portrayal. Of course, the film is not a documentary, and some elements would have poetic license, but within that, \u201che never went against his real character. It remained grounded and real. That\u2019s why I feel his performance is so wonderful; because he was able to embody the spirit of Father Amorth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-208099\" src=\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Pope-s-Exorcist-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his research, Crowe uncovered a man who could make a perfect lead for a mystery thriller \u2013 the ultimate insider with the trust of one of the oldest and most powerful organizations on the planet\u2026 but also a person of strong convictions and an unflinching thirst for the truth. Crowe says that Amorth\u2019s colleagues and friends from the Vatican told him that the exorcist \u201cnever had any disagreements with anybody and always followed the line of the church,\u201d while at the same time, the actor notes, \u201cFather Amorth said some very controversial things in his time. He made some very strong statements, at various points in time, about his beliefs \u2013 which weren\u2019t always 100% in line with the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-207536\" src=\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Pope-s-Exorcist-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"838\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had a certain, particular irreverent take on things that I tried to bring into the film,\u201d Crowe continues. \u201cHe\u2019s an individual, not a cookie cutter man of the cloth. He rides a Lambretta motor scooter!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About The Pope\u2019s Exorcist<\/h3>\n<p>Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (Academy Award\u00ae-winner Russell Crowe), The Pope\u2019s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy\u2019s terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.<\/p>\n<p>The film is directed by Julius Avery, screenplay by Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos, screen story by Michael Petroni and R. Dean McCreary &amp; Chester Hastings, based on the books \u201cAn Exorcist Tells His Story\u201d and \u201cAn Exorcist: More Stories\u201d by Fr. Gabriele Amorth.<\/p>\n<p>The cast is led by Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe and Franco Nero.<\/p>\n<p>In cinemas starting April 19, The Pope&#8217;s Exorcist is distributed in the Philippines by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Connect with the hashtag #ThePopesExorcist<\/p>\n<h6>Source: Columbia Pictures<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Russell Crowe shared his experiences as he participated in his first-ever movie, &#8220;The Pope&#8217;s Exorcist.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19569],"tags":[19333],"class_list":["post-249464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ad-pub-hub"],"zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=249464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/249465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=249464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=249464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatic-fuchsia-armadillo.46-250-226-234.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=249464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}