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Josh Brolin is quite the mouthy fellow. The “Milk” star won best supporting actor at the New York Film Critics Awards dinner last night. Instead of giving a simple, gracious acceptance speech, Brolin seized the opportunity to call out one of his former costars for being an asshole. And not just any costar – Russell Crowe. Apparently Brolin forgot Crowe’s reputation for throwing phones and beating the crap out of people.
Josh Brolin is one of my favorite actors because he speaks his mind. Last night at the New York Film Critics Awards dinner, at which Brolin won Best Supporting Actor for his work in the drama, “Milk,” Brolin stole the show with his candor.
For one thing, he called Russell Crowe, his co-star in last year’s “American Gangster,” an “a-hole.” Oh yes, he did. He said, after Sean Penn introduced him, “Quite an actor, Sean Penn. And not an a-hole like Russell Crowe.” He then repeated: “Like Russell Crowe.”
Brolin also gave some insight into how movie stars do interviews.
“I said I studied rats,” he told the rapt audience of actors and movie critics at Strata, formerly Metronome, on lower Broadway. “I said that on the Actors Studio about how I prepared for ‘W.’ It was a lie.”
Brolin told me later that he didn’t really mean Russell Crowe was an a-hole. “He’s a great guy,” he said. “It’s all good. He has his thing.”
[From Fox News]
Great cover. Sounds like quite the sincere apology. Is it possible that Josh Brolin is a giant douche bag? He’s got a ton of talent, and aside from getting into that big “W” cast fight last year, he struck me as a reasonably normal guy. Generally the kind of actor that isn’t D list, but not someone I’m constantly aware of either. There was an accusation in Star awhile ago that he got too touchy feely with Sean Penn’s wife Robin Wright-Penn, but nothing really came of it. And he appears to be on better terms with Penn than with Russell Crowe. I hate to say it but it seems likely that Crowe might come out of fighting retirement soon. Though at least we know Brolin can defend himself better than that telephone.
Update: The Huffington Post has video showing that Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright were abused by police in Shreveport, L.A. during the bar fight ordeal.
Here’s Josh Brolin at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards in New York City last night. Images thanks to WENN and Fame.
Written by JayBird
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Says the man who’s wife calls the cops on him when he got violent with her and who got arrested in a bar fight. I say Mr. Brolin is the a-hole.
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Pot meet kettle. Seriously, atleast Russell never hit his wife (that we know of).
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A drunk and a wife-beater.
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He was the love of my young life after watching The Goonies.
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Well, Crowe is kind of an asshole
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I can’t choose one. Is death an option?
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Is there audio of this somewhere? I ask because I’ve read it several times and to me it reads like he is joking. I think I’m missing something in the translation.
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Russel Crowe is an asshole.
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You’d think Brolin and Crowe would be best friends…they have so much in common!!
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Whatever, I loved Brolin in The Goonies and I always will. In fact, if I could magically be a 16 year old in 1985 in LA or wherever he lived, I’d totally try and find him. He was gorgeous.
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Is it possible he had too much to drink? He seems to get pretty loose with too much booze…
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“He has his thing”? What the hell does that mean.
Poor Russ. When you’re up, you’re up. When you’re down they really stomp the hell all over you.
As far as we know Russell has never slugged his wife, he’s been very good since he started watching his drinking, he’s faithful or if he’s unfaithful at least he knows how to keep it quiet. And he does appear, like so few male actors these days, to actually LIKE women. I’ll keep watching his movies and enjoy the fantasy for what it is. And hope he can drop the weight. I think he’ll be a survivor unlike some bozos out there.
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How funny! I guess he recognized one of his own kind?
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I agree with cmoody that he was kidding. Who would seriously say something like that in front of a large audience of critics and peers? I don’t think even Josh Brolin is *that* stupid.
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Josh Brolin seems like a grade a as* hole, but he is very gorgeous. I loved him in that western show Young Riders.
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I saw him arrogantly sniffing away on Letterman.
Can’t recall if i have ever seen any of his ‘work’. But know that i don’t care to now.
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isn’t he married to diane lane?
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kate: Yes. And she must have the patience of a saint.
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Josh is sex on a stick. And an a-hole. As is Russel Crowe. But both in a good way, like empowered bitches.
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