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Written by commanderblue Russell Crowe and Christian Bale on 3:10 to Yuma Russell Crowe and Christian Bale on 3:10 to Yuma Russell Crowe and Christian Bale Interview Talking guns, horses, westerns, and a couple of Batman questions thrown in... Russell Crowe and Christian Bale were in Los Angeles recently to promote their new Western, 3:10 to Yuma , a remake of the 1957 original which starred Glenn Ford. The movie is based in Arizona in the late 1800's, where infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Christian Bale), struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the '3:10 to Yuma', a train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail - and dangers at every turn - the mission soon becomes a violent, impossible journey toward each man's destiny.

We attended a press-conference with both actors, and here is what they had to say: They say that when you talk to actors about why they became actors, they talk about this idea of when they were young they wanted to dress up and being in a world of fantasy and all about the kinds of reasons ... is doing a movie like this reinforces in some ways why you guys became actors in the first place? Christian Bale: Well it's all about the dress up. Doing a western ... cowboy hats, guns... Russell Crowe: That's pretty good, isn't it? It's a good list: ride horses, play with guns, speak in a funny voice, wear pointy boots. It's a good list in terms of what you are talking about and you would approach something like this totally thinking "this can be pretty fun", until I actually looked at it and I said "you know I spent this time of the year in Arizona making a western back in '93-'94 and that was pleasant.

It was warm during the day, a little cold late at night, but you know nothing much this could be fun" and then I realized once I gotten there, that Santa Fe is actually seven-and-a-half thousand feet above sea level and its now going to be significantly colder, so you know Peter Fonda actually started a scale: he said one day, he made a stand and said he couldn't act on location in period-costume at below 13 degrees and I think SAG should look into this and I think there should be a scale done and I think there should be certain temperatures for example that you can wear a cape and stuff, and a rubber suit. Christian Bale: I need that. Russell Crowe: Certain temperatures were you shouldn't. You have a love of horses too Russell, right? Russell Crowe: Absolutely Did you bring a lot of that passion into a project like this? Russell Crowe: Yeah, I mean I really enjoyed the thought of the story. The main thing is reading the script and seeing the dynamic of the characters and that looked like it was going to be fun. So that's why I did it. What appealed to you about the time period of the movie?

Russell Crowe: That it was a short shoot. I mean the actual time period where it took place. Christian Bale: Oh that time period. Russell Crowe: I'll leave that one to you, Christian. Christian Bale : I think it's the appeal of all Westerns, just it being a time of almost anarchy compared to nowadays when a man really does have to be self-sufficient. And I think nowadays we can get away a lot with being very vague about having opinions about things, beliefs in something, you know. You can kind of get away with being vague about it because there's not much that seems to directly affect our lives, but at that time you had to be a much stronger minded individual in order to survive and I find that appealing to watch people who really have to test their mettle every day. Russell, how selective are you about what you take on?... I mean you work with... Christian Bale: He can't be too selective because look who he's working with... What are your essential criteria now to taking something on? Russell Crowe: It's the same as it's always been. What's the story? What's the character? That's my primary focus when I read a script.

I don't think that I've become more selective over time. I think I came into it being selective. So I do things that appeal to me and they are not always going to be the things that the head of a studio thinks will appeal as well. Are good characters hard to you to find? Russell Crowe: Yeah, I figure they have always been that way, especially in my life and in the movies, you get a lot of opportunities that come with a big paycheck and all the sort of stuff but they're not necessarily appealing. A lot of people are absolutely dead set certain this is something that you will love to do or whatever, and then you start reading and it's not something that turns you on and I think you have to stay true to yourself in that way. I read a script, and if I get goosebumps, if I kind of like what the potential of it is, then that's the thing that I do. (Director) Jim (Mangold) said he felt, Gladiator felt like a western to him in its structure, the idea of vengeance. Is that something you agree with? Russell Crowe: I suppose it could be a western if you're writing your review in Athens.

Yeah, I don't now ... that's probably more of a filmmaking sort of question really, as we really didn't think about it that way at the time, but you have common grounds in terms of horses I suppose. Christian, have you been approached to be in the "Justice League" movie. Christian Bale: No, because Russell is really trying to get that one ... I don't want to tread on his toes. Russell Crowe: He was offered the Green Lantern, but there's no cape, so he said "No fucking way ... If I don't get the cape, I won't be in the movie" How do you feel about Batman being recast since you are kind of the new Batman of this era? Christian Bale: You know, as long as it doesn't tread on the toes of what we're doing, then it's all right, but I think it would be better if it got released after we finish the third one. Is the relationship that you guys have on screen ... it's a friendship, but it's a friendship kind of based on hate. Russell Crowe: It would be hateship then ... or a dislikeship. I mean, was that discussed off-screen, that kind of look for the movie?

Christian Bale: We didn't do a whole lot of talking about it off screen, I mean I tend to feel like if it's working, it's working ... and it was working. We didn't have to sort of sit and dissect the whole thing, it was pretty evident, it was right there ...both company knew it, we are very strong and firm ideas of about who we are and the characters and everything, and I think it's all right there and self-evident. Russell Crowe: It's unfortunate that he gets cocked at the end there, because it would have been fun to go and do it again, in perhaps a more moderate climate. Apparently you're the quickest draw, is what (director) Jim (Mangold) was telling us earlier, in terms of the guns. Where does that comfort zone come from? Christian Bale: Russell or Me? Russell Christian Bale: Russell, yeah that's true. You see that at the end. And listen, I didn't even try to compete here. I was a rifle man. I had this crap revolver. It was this old soldier's conversion thing. I didn't even bother.

Russell Crowe: I was really lucky when I came over to do "The Quick and the Dead" back in '93 that I met this guy Thell Reed, he's an armorer, and because coming from Australia, I didn't have any experience with a gun culture. So I'd never actually held a handgun until I was on the set of "The Quick and the Dead" and what that gave Thell was a complete blank slate, so he could sort of put the information in my head that you need to do that sort of thing and over time, and it's been a long time now that I've known Mr. Reed, and I've probably done half-a-dozen or more movies with him, and he just sort of keeps giving me the tips. We've actually done silly things like a long time ago gone off and done shooting competitions together as a team and stuff. But that's a very specific skill; you don't get to use that very often, so it's good when a western comes around and you can use it. Do you think Wade is a rock star of his day in some ways? Russell Crowe: Yeah, but its infamy really, it's not fame.

Because you don't know what happens to Wade in the future, I always imagined that he was just good at what he did and somewhere after, he must have a hacienda somewhere, which is probably what he's describing to the barmaid without fully explaining to her that he's cashed-up. But because we don't know, I mean just from the information you get in the movie, he seems to have gathered an awful amount, a large amount of money in a short period of time and we don't see that he has any real expenses. Christian, your name is above the title, you're a superhero. Do you see yourself as a movie star? Christian Bale: I'm a superhero? Is that the kind of career that you want because you also take these very difficult and outside of mainstream roles as well? Christian Bale: I don't look at any difference between movies. Movie's no different for me about where the finance is coming from, it's just about the story and do I like the story and that's the end of it. So whether it's a studio movie ... whether it's a bigger market end piece ... whether it's a small piece, it doesn't matter a damn to me.

It's just about the story and what I'm interested in. 3:10 to Yuma arrives in theatres on which arrives in theatres on September 7th. 3:10 to Yuma : Christian Bale vs. Russell Crowe - ComingSoon.net 3:10 to Yuma : Christian Bale vs. Russell Crowe September 3, 2007 SHARE There may have been rumors that Hollywood A-listers Russell Crowe and Christian Bale didn’t exactly get along during the production of James Mangold’s remake of the 1957 film 3:10 to Yuma , but that definitely wasn’t the case at the press day for the Lionsgate film. Actually, the two were kind of playful as Crowe teased Bale about being Batman and Bale joked about how awful it was to work with Crowe. Both actors give Oscar winning performances in the film adaptation of the short story by Elmore Leonard about infamous badass outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe) who finally gets captured and struggling rancher Dan Evans (Bale) desperate for the reward money offers to take him to the train which takes prisoners to the courthouse.

ComingSoon.net talked to the pair about their latest project and of course tried to get Bale to talk about The Dark Knight . ComingSoon.net: You’ve played American roles before, but were you surprised to be asked to be in a Western? Christian Bale: Not for a second, no. Russell Crowe: No, it didn’t surprise me. I’d spent quite a bit of time with Jim Mangold about six years ago. I was recording an album in the studio at the time, and he was spending time with me because he was prepping “Walk the Line.” I didn’t realize that at the time, but we became conversational friends. So when he sent me the script I read it and I enjoyed the dynamics between the two characters, so that’s basically decision made, you know. CS: Russell, you’re known as an actor who does a lot of research and preparation for period roles, what’s the real story of the level of work you put into things like this? Crowe: Well, I think we should decide not to talk about preparation just this once, because then it just all becomes about the preparation and not about the movie.

The thing is, I was working on another movie right up ’til this, and then promoting another film in Europe, so I didn’t really do that much preparation, but as you may know I have a working farm, so there’s a lot of things on this movie that’s just part of my day to day. CS: Would it be okay to ask if there was anything from the other Western you did, “The Quick and the Dead” that also applied here? Crowe: I had the good fortune of working with a guy called Thell Reed who was an armorer on “Quick and the Dead” in a period in my life where I’d never actually touched a handgun, so he utilized that, put a lot of information in my head because he didn’t have to get past things that my dad had taught me incorrectly, or my uncles had taught me badly, as he finds with a lot of American actors when he works with period guns. So it was just a matter of taking that same information and refreshing it in my mind and then changing the style of how this particular guy killed people. CS: Can you guys talk about being in New Mexico and filming on location and also working together?

Crowe: You’ve been silent for a while Batman – I’m going to do that all day you know. Bale: I was kind of guessing that. New Mexico, now that I think about it I have no recollections of Santa Fe particularly, but the canyons, being out in the high desert that was nice; being out, riding your horse, shooting your guns, that’s a lot of fun. Crowe: It was really cold. Bale: It got to be bloody freezing, especially some of the night shoots; it got cold. Crowe: Terrifyingly cold Bale: We had the worst winter storm in recorded history came in. Crowe: And we were surrounded by four and a half feet of snow doing scenes that talk about the drought. It was one of those sort of movie experiences. Bale: And he (meaning Crowe) was just a real bastard to work with. Crowe: And Peter Fonda started something that I think SAG should pick up on. One day he actually said that he couldn’t act in period costume, on location, below 13 degrees. Bale: Which is superb, I’m having that put in my contracts.

Crowe: I reckon SAG should work on it. You shouldn’t do Shakespeare in a draughty hall in tights below, say, eight degrees, there should be a whole scale. CS: Christian, you had just come from a very uncomfortable location for this when you were shooting “Rescue Dawn,” was that more uncomfortable than this one or was this one a little more challenging for you? Bale: I kind of like movies where I just get to just be dirty and crawling in the mud, “Rescue Dawn” it was all very primordial stuff, and with this one it was all about wearing the same clothes day after day and getting sweaty and dirty and sun exposure, and it’s meant to be like that; Westerns are meant to be dirty, they shouldn’t be all nice and clean. And I like getting my hand dirty. CS: Russell did you like the fact that the bad boy had a conscience? Crowe: I didn’t really read it that way. He’s just very efficient at surviving whatever situation that he’s in. The end result is an example of that. Obviously that group of men that he’s gathered together, they’re probably a little dangerous now, so let’s just move on and clean the slate.

CS: It’s known that you love horses and since you work so closely with them in this film, how would you explain that relationship with them? Crowe: Well I’m an absolute horse lover. It’s a very complex and long answer in its full sense, but I’ve always found that even from the time you’re a little kid they’re just like people, there are some horses that you have a deeper connection with immediately, and you can work on that over time. I found over the years the antithesis of some other people’s thought processes, the gentler that you are, and the most constant you are with the horse, the deeper that connection gets. And it’s funny doing these sort of movies, and I’ve done a few with animals, because you get really actually close, because the working relationship is quite intense, 10, 12 hours a day for a number of months, so it’s hard to say goodbye. CS: Your character was using the whistle, do you have something in your personal life that you use? Crowe: Yeah, yeah. It would depend on what the situation was, mainly just a series of mouth clicks actually.

CS: What makes your character the way he is, suddenly killing his friends? Crowe: As I was saying, he just responds in the situation to what’s around him in order to survive. So he’s just that kind of animal himself. CS: What makes him like that? Crowe: Well, there’s a history that’s talked about in the film, whether or not that’s the complete version of his life story, that’s a different thing. You can throw out a lot of assumed experiences that an abandoned child might have in the old west, and all of those things will add up to where he is. I think one of the important things  because we’ve had no history of Wade being  we don’t know his future, we don’t know if he gets captured and all that sort of stuff, so I was always taking the attitude that he was actually very successful at what he did, and this is probably the fourth or fifth version of his ‘gang.’ And when they become too proficient, the gang members around him and the things that he taught them, that’s probably the time to clean the slate and move on and go and get himself another gang.

There’s a story in “The Princess Bride” when they’re talking about the dread pirate robbers changing hands and that would go through my mind in terms of how to explain him. CS: Can you talk a little more about each other, had you met before and if not, what surprised you about each other? Bale: No, we’d never met before at all. Whenever people asked me what I was doing next, and I said I was going to be working with Russell, they kind of looked like (oh no), ‘You’re going to be in for a tough ride with him.’ And it’s absolutely true. (Russell laughs) No, Russell was  I don’t mean to talk out of school, but a lot of actors, they sort of complain and winge and do everything to avoid actually getting on with the work, you know, so it’s nice when you’re working with somebody like Russell where you can just get to the point and you can have blunt conversations about the scenes, and it just makes it easy. He’s obviously, you don’t have to be told, he’s a bloody good actor and it’s a pleasure to work with somebody as good as that.

Crowe: Right from the first time we did a reading I could see that he had a sense of humor and was very balanced about what the job is, and all that sort of stuff. Once you’ve worn the cape, it must be hard to keep your feet on the ground. Bale: This ain’t going to go away all bloody day! Crowe: And you can tell there’s a lot of base jealousy coming from me about the fact that he gets to wear the cape. Bale: I bought him his own special rubber outfit. Crowe: Which I appreciate. I appreciate it greatly. Bale: You’ll be seeing him in the meat district in Manhattan. Crowe: We found it really easy to get on and when you’re dealing with  I mean, some of the days, we talked about Peter pulling out at 13 degrees, but actually some of the days were -15 and stuff like that, so it’s really nice to have an easy rapport when you’re trying to do complicated things in rough conditions. Bale: Even though your jaw can’t move because it’s too cold to talk.

Crowe: The thing is it was easy, and the thing I think I said to him on the last night when we were finishing up, I just said to him that he’s all class, on a daily basis, always ready, got great questions, his choices with his weapons, the way he approached the horse riding, it’s all good. From my perspective, to know that the guy that you’re working with has put the effort in, is switched on, is ready to go regardless of the conditions and the hours and all that sort of stuff, just makes you feel like you’re in the right place. Bale: We were both a number of drinks down the line by that time of course. Crowe: Which is also a good thing; being able to simply finish a day’s work and have a regular conversation with a bloke over a beer without it being some big to do, breaking some sort of contemporary taboo or something, we don’t do that in Los Angeles. CS: Can you talk about working on Batman right now? Bale: Russell’s going to be actually in the new Batman movie, which is a big surprise and I want to reveal it to everybody right now!

3:10 to Yuma - Russell Crowe, Christian Bale | Western Classic Movies Russell Crowe, Christian Bale Russell Crowe vs. Christian Bale In this Western Movie Thriller “3:10 to Yuma” focuses on the relationship between two men on opposite sides of the law. This 2007 movie gives Russell Crowe and Christian Bale the chance to bring their own spin to the original, 1957 “ 3:10 to Yuma ” western that was released in 1957 and starred Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. Russell Crowe stars as outlaw Ben Wade, who is being taken to the town of Contention in order to meet the train to Yuma, Arizona, where a speedy trial and hanging is surely awaiting him. Christian Bale stars as Dan Evans, the rancher who agrees to escort the notorious gunslinger to the train in order to get the $200 in reward money. Although the job is potentially deadly, Evans agrees to take it because he desperately needs the money and wants to prove himself to his family. The ride to Contention, where the train is located, is loaded with danger.

Wade’s gang is going to do whatever they can to help him escape, even if it means killing Evans. Plus, there is the looming fear of Indian raids in the area that could get them both killed. Meanwhile a mental battle ensues between the men as the Wade uses psychological warfare against Evans. (It is easy to forget that the charming Wade can also be notoriously vicious.) As the clock ticks and the time gets closer for the 3:10 train to Yuma, the pressure grows. Who will win out in the end? » This version of “3:10 to Yuma” is a remake of the 1957 movie starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. ( Click here to read about the 1957, Black and White version of “3:10 to Yuma.” ) Sometimes remakes of movies aren’t given a lot of credit, but this one was widely praised by critics.

In his critique of this western, famed movie critic Roger Ebert stated “..the quality of the acting, and the thought behind the film, make it seem like a vanguard of something new, even though it’s a remake of a good movie 50 years old.” » Tom Cruise was originally going to star in “3:10 to Yuma” when Sony Pictures held the exclusive rights to the western. But, when the studio decided to shop the film, Cruise left the project. Russell Crowe, who had eagerly wanted to star in the western, was immediately picked to replace Cruise in the starring role. » “3:10 to Yuma” won the coveted Bronze Wrangler Best Motion Picture Award in 2008. Buy DVD - Widescreen Edition Shop Amazon 3:10 to Yuma – Widescreen Edition Russell Crowe and Christian Bale headline this action-packed western about an outlaw being escorted to a three ten train to Yuma. The outlaw’s gang is determined to free their leader, Ben Wade, while the down-on-his luck rancher, Dan Evans, (who took the job for the reward money) is determined to deliver the criminal and stay alive.

Buy DVD - Full Screen Edition Price: $ 3:10 to Yuma – Full Screen Edition DVD This is the full-screen version of this western that is available on DVD. Blu-ray Disc "3:10 to Yuma" - Russell Crowe - Pictures - CBS News Russell Crowe Next "A Beautiful Mind" Russell Crowe is pictured at the premiere of the film, "A Beautiful Mind" December 13, 2001 in Beverly Hills, Calif. One of the most popular movie stars of his generation, the Oscar-winning actor, musician, and rugby team owner has added director to his resume, with his new historical drama, "The Water Diviner." By CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan Credit: Vince Bucci/Getty Images Russ le Roq Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1964, Russell Crowe's family moved continuously when he was a child. "We probably moved three or four times before we even came to Australia," he told CBS News' Seth Doane. "And then in Australia we probably lived in ten places in ten years." With parents who worked in the film industry, Crowe began a career as a child actor in Australian television.

But as a young man he also pursued a music career, under the stage name Russ le Roq. He performed in the bands Roman Antix (left) and, later, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. As late as 2012 Crowe was still singing on stage with longtime bandmaster Alan Doyle, as part of The Ordinary Fear of God. Credit: YouTube "Romper Stomper" One of Crowe's earliest films to gain wide international attention was "Romper Stomper" (1992), about neo-Nazi skinheads in Melbourne. Crowe won Best Actor awards from the Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics Circle of Australia. He was also cited for his performance at the Seattle International Film Festival. Credit: Village Roadshow "The Quick and the Dead" In Sam Raimi's "The Quick and the Dead" (1995), Russell Crowe played a gunslinger-turned-preacher in an Old West town where a gunfighting contest means a lot of blood spilled.

Credit: TriStar Pictures "Virtuosity" In the sci-fi thriller, "Virtuosity" (1997), Russell Crowe played a serial killer in a virtual reality realm, who then becomes all too real. Denzel Washington is the detective to has to take him down, somehow. Credit: Paramount Pictures "L.A. Confidential" Off the record, on the QT and very hush-hush: The dark underbelly of Los Angeles crime, in "L.A. Confidential" (1997), based on the James Ellroy novel, wraps LAPD officer Wendell White (Russell Crowe) and call girl Lynn Bracken (Kim Basinger) in a dizzying tale of corruption and vice. Credit: 20th Century Fox "The Insider" In Michael Mann's "The Insider" (1999), Russell Crowe played Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco industry whistleblower whose life spirals downward after taking his story to a "60 Minutes" producer (played by Al Pacino). Crowe received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

Credit: Touchstone Pictures "Mission: Impossible 2" Russell Crowe and Tom Cruise arrive for the premiere of Cruise's latest film, "Mission: Impossible 2" at The Empire, Leicester Square, London, June 4, 2000. Credit: HUGO PHILPOTT/AFP/Getty Images "Gladiator" In Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" (2000), Russell Crowe played the Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is reduced to slavery and to battling in gladiatorial combat for the entertainment of his fellow Romans. "Gladiator" was an unexpected, phenomenal success, earning nearly half a billion dollars worldwide and winning five Oscars, including Best Picture and, for Crowe, Best Actor - a rarity for a performance in an action film. Credit: Dreamworks "Gladiator" "Look at the opportunity I get, man -- I've time traveled," Crowe told CBS News' Seth Doane. "I have walked the streets of Rome where everywhere, anything in my perspective that I can see, is 100 percent 184 A.D. That's what people are dressed like. That's what it smells like. The animals or whatever, you know.

And I know it's just imaginary, but it's a really fascinating thing to do." Credit: Dreamworks "Gladiator" Actors Russell Crowe and Al Pacino arrive at the 58th annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California 21 January 2001. Crowe was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for his role in "Gladiator." Pacino was recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille award. Credit: VINCE BUCCI/AFP/Getty Images Academy Awards The Academy Award-winners for Best Actress, Julia Roberts ("Erin Brockovich"), and Best Actor, Russell Crowe ("Gladiator"), pose backstage at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, March 25, 2001. Credit: AMPAS 30 Odd Foot of Grunts In this February 2001 photo Russell Crowe performs with his band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts at the Allan Border Medal Presentation, at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.

Credit: Hamish Blair/ALLSPORT 30 Odd Foot of Grunts Actor Russell Crowe performs with his band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts at the House of Blues August 26, 2001 in Los Angeles, Calif. Credit: Peter Brandt/Getty Images 30 Odd Foot of Grunts Russell Crowe performs with his band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts at the House of Blues August 26, 2001 in Los Angeles, Calif. Credit: Peter Brandt/Getty Images "A Beautiful Mind" In "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), Russell Crowe earned his third Oscar nomination playing John Nash, a tortured mathematical genius who would both win a Nobel Prize in Economics and suffer from paranoid schizophrenia. The film won four Academy Awards , including Best Picture. Credit: Universal Pictures Academy Awards Actor Russell Crowe and actress, singer and songwriter Danielle Spencer arrive at the 74th annual Academy Awards March 24, 2002 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Calif.

The couple met during the making of the 1989 film, "The Crossing." They eventually married in 2003, in a chapel Crowe built on his Nana Glen ranch, and had two boys. Credit: Vince Bucci/Getty Images "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (2003), condensed from plots and incidents in several of Patrick O'Brian's massively popular series of Captain Aubrey novels, was a thrillingly mounted sea epic set during the Napoleonic Wars. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards , and won two. Credit: 20th Century Fox "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Britain's Prince Charles poses with actor Russell Crowe at the Royal Premiere of "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," November 17, 2003, in London.

Credit: RICHARD LEWIS/AFP/Getty Images "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Despite the critical acclaim for "Master and Commander," and its $200 million+ worldwide gross (in the words of director Peter Weir, it performed "well… ish"), an anticipated sequel did not materialize. In 2010, Crowe sent a Twitter message to his fans: "If you want a Master and Commander sequel I suggest you e-mail Tom Rothman at Fox and let him know your thoughts." To date no follow-up film has been announced. Credit: 20th Century Fox Rugby Fan Rugby has been a lifelong passion for Crowe, who has followed the travails of the South Sydney Rabbitohs since he was a child. With the team's finances in tatters and the prospects on the field as bad, Crowe and businessman Peter Holmes à Court took over ownership in 2006. "For me, taking over South Sydney and inspiring a new generation of South Sydney kids is about community independence," Crowe said. "Like, what's the greatest thing that I can do for the greatest amount of people in an Australian sense, where it will be a daily inspiration?

Oddly enough, it's also come with a massive increase in the value of what the club is. So that's all good, too." Credit: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Aussie Actors Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe are seen during the WBA Super Middle Weight Boxing Title Defense between Anthony Mundine of Australia and Yoshinori Nishizawa of Japan, at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre on January 19, 2004 in Wollongong, Australia. Credit: Mark Nolan/Getty Images "Cinderella Man" In the Depression-era "Cinderella Man" (2005), Russell Crowe played boxer James J. Braddock. The film costarred Paul Giamatti as his manager, and Renee Zellweger. Credit: Universal Pictures Trouble On June 6, 2005 Russell Crowe was arrested in New York City, charged with throwing a telephone at an employee of the hotel where he was staying. Crowe eventually plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and settled a civil lawsuit with the hotel worker.

But he discounted the tabloid image of him as a "Hollywood bad boy." "Reality break: I know some people enjoy that aspect of it, but it's all made up.And I'm sorry to, you know, burst your bubble, the whole tough-guy thing. I put makeup on for a living, brother! Come on." "So it's all an act?" asked Seth Doane. "It's not an act; it's a perception that somebody writes. I'm in no way, shape or form any kind of angry person." Credit: Thos Robinson/Getty Images "A Good Year" In "A Good Year" (2006), Russell Crowe played a workaholic investment banker who inherits a villa in Provence from his uncle. His reminiscences of his idyllic summers with Uncle Henry lead him to put his fast-forward life on pause, just in time to start paying attention to a local café owner (Marion Cotillard). Credit: 20th Century Fox MTV Australia Video Music Awards Russell Crowe performs on stage during the second MTV Australia Video Music Awards at the Sydney SuperDome April 12, 2006 in Sydney, Australia.

Credit: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images "3:10 to Yuma" Russell Crowe and Christian Bale starred in director James Mangold's 2007 remake of "3:10 to Yuma," based on Elmore Leonard's western novel. Credit: Lionsgate "American Gangster" The "Virtuosity" costars reteamed in the 2007 crime drama, "American Gangster." Russell Crowe played a Newark narcotics detective out to bring down a major drug trafficker, played by Denzel Washington. Credit: Universal Pictures "American Gangster" Actor Denzel Washington, producer Brian Grazer, actors Lymari Nadal and actor Russell Crowe, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa arrive for a screening of Universal's "American Gangster," at the Arclight on October 29, 2007 in Hollywood, California. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images South Sydney Rabbitohs Danielle Spencer and Russell Crowe watch the round 19 NRL match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the North Queensland Cowboys at Telstra Stadium July 22, 2007 in Sydney, Australia.

In 2014 the Rabbitohs won their first championship in 43 years. Credit: Matt King/Getty Images "Body of Lies" Adapted from David Ignatius' novel, "Body of Lies" (2008), starred Leonardo diCaprio and Russell Crowe as a CIA operative and his boss trying to expose a terrorist cell in Iraq. Credit: Warner Brothers "State of Play" In the 2009 thriller "State of Play," Russell Crowe played a newspaper reporter digging into the death of the mistress of his former college roommate (and now Congressman), played by Ben Affleck. Credit: Universal Pictures Stamp of Approval Australia Post postage stamps featuring images of actors Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe are seen on February 2, 2009 in Sydney, Australia, issued as "2009 Australian Legends Of The Screen. Credit: Gaye Gerard/Getty Images "Robin Hood" In the 2010 film "Robin Hood" Russell Crowe took up the bow and arrow as Robin Longstride. Costarring were Max von Sydow, William Hurt, Oscar Isaac, Danny Huston, and Cate Blanchett as Marion.

Credit: Universal Pictures "Robin Hood" "Robin Hood" was the fifth collaboration between Crowe and director Ridley Scott, after "Gladiator," "A Good Year," "American Gangster" and "Body of Lies." Credit: Universal Pictures "Robin Hood" Actress Cate Blanchett, producer Brian Grazer, Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen, Danielle Spencer and actor Russell Crowe attend the premiere of "Robin Hood," at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2010 in Cannes, France. Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images Walk of Fame Russell Crowe points to his star at the ceremony presenting the New Zealand-born actor with the 2,404th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on April 12, 2010 in Hollywood. Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images Russell & Oprah Russell Crowe and Oprah Winfrey sail in Sydney Harbour on December 13, 2010 in Sydney, Australia.

Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images Bon Jovi and Crowe Jon Bon Jovi and Russell Crowe pose at a celebrity-studded party following a Bon Jovi concert at Star City on December 15, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. Credit: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images Crowe & Spencer Crowe told Seth Doane that it was his devotion to bringing back his rugby team that ended his nine-year marriage to Danielle Spencer. "Making a film is my job. And my wife clearly understands what my job is. But to her, I suppose, the football situation was needlessly taking myself away. And not physically, because I had to be here to do it. But it's more mentally, you know. I'm in the same place. She's a very smart woman, the woman that I married, you know? She knows what I'm thinking about. So I might be present somewhere, but I'm not really in the room. You know what I mean?

I'm worrying about a whole bunch of other stuff." Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images "The Man With the Iron Fists" The music producer and rapper RZA, with whom Russell Crowe appeared in "American Gangster," directed Crowe in his 2012 homage to martial arts pictures, "The Man With the Iron Fists." Crowe played a British soldier named Jack Knife, whose character was inspired by the late rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard. Credit: Universal Pictures Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief, Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase, I am the law and the law is not mocked. I'll spit his pity right back in his face. The 2012 film version of the musical "Les Miserables" featured Russell Crowe as Javert. Credit: Universal Pictures "Les Miserables" Actors Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman and Amanda Seyfriend attend the world premiere of "Les Miserables" at the Odeon Leicester Square on December 5, 2012 in London, England.

Credit: Stuart Wilson/Getty Images AACTA International Awards Actor Russell Crowe and director Quentin Tarantino attend the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts' 2nd AACTA International Awards at Soho House on January 26, 2013 in West Hollywood, California. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images AACTA International Awards Actors Robert De Niro and Russell Crowe attend the Australian Academy Of Cinema And Television Arts' 2nd AACTA International Awards at Soho House on January 26, 2013 in West Hollywood, California. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Neck and Neck Russell Crowe mingles with the crowd at Spike TV's Guys Choice 2013, at Sony Pictures Studios on June 8, 2013 in Culver City, California.

Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images "Man of Steel" In 1982 Russ le Roq recorded the song, "I Just Want To Be Like Marlon Brando." Three decades later, in the quasi-remake of "Superman," Russell Crowe got to fill the shoes of Marlon Brando as Jor-El, Superman's father, in "Man of Steel" (2013). Credit: Warner Brothers "Broken City" In "Broken City" (2013), Russell Crowe played the Mayor of New York City who suspects his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) of having an affair. "That was an extremely challenging character for me," Crowe said of the film, which did not succeed at the box office. "I saw the film, and I thought, 'That's a great movie.' I thought that Allen Hughes, the director, did a wonderful job. But, you know, it didn't make any sort of splash at all.

But six months later or a year later, somebody will sorta come up to you in the street and go, 'Man, that character you played in 'Broken City,' that was venal!'" "Can you tell whether the film's going to be really good? Yeah. Can you tell whether it's going to be commercially successful? Not necessarily." Credit: 20th Century Fox Punt TV personality Ellen DeGeneres looks on as Russell Crowe kicks a football into the crowd during filming of her television show on a floating stage above Sydney Harbour, March 23, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images "Noah" Russell Crowe starred in Darren Aronofsky's take on the Biblical tale of "Noah" (2014), as the patriarch who prepares his family for the end of the world. Credit: Paramount Pictures "A Beautiful Mind" costars Jennifer Connelly and Russell Crowe, reunited in "Noah" (2014).

Credit: Paramount Pictures Russell Crowe with director Darren Aronofsky on the set of "Noah." Credit: Paramount Pictures "Noah" A billboard for the Biblical epic film "Noah," starring Russell Crowe, is seen March 11, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images "Noah" Actors Jennifer Connelly and Russell Crowe attend the New York premiere of "Noah" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on March 26, 2014 in New York City. Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images "Noah" Actors Emma Watson and Russell Crowe attend the U.K. premiere of "Noah" at the Odeon Leicester Square on March 31, 2014 in London, England. Credit: Dave J. Hogan/Getty Images "Noah" Russell Crowe signs autographs at the premiere of "Noah" at the Cinepolis Lagoon Theatre on March 20, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Credit: Raphael Dias/Getty Images "Noah" A fan of Russell Crowe attends the premiere of "Noah" at the Cinepolis Lagoon Theatre on March 20, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Credit: Raphael Dias/Getty Images "The Water Diviner" After directing documentary shorts and a music video featuring his wife, Russell Crowe directed his first feature film, "The Water Diviner." In the critically-acclaimed historical drama, Crowe plays an Australian who travels to Turkey in search of his sons - soldiers who went missing during the World War I Battle of Gallipoli. Credit: Warner Brothers "The Water Diviner" Describing the directing of "The Water Diviner" as his most satisfying artistic experience, Crowe told Doane he'd wanted to be a director since he was six, growing up surrounded by film people. "I've taken it very slowly," he said. "I've gone about it from probably a funny perspective from other people's points of view.

But the time that I've spent on film sets adds up to some huge tertiary qualifications." Credit: Warner Brothers "The Water Diviner" Russell Crowe and Olga Kurylenko arrive at the Melbourne premiere of "The Water Diviner," at Rivoli Cinema on December 3, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: Scott Barbour/Getty Images "The Water Diviner" Actor-director Russell Crowe attends the premiere of "The Water Diviner" at Burke Theater at U.S. Navy Memorial on April 7, 2015 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Leah Puttkammer/Getty Images Back Home "It's a type of meditation," Crowe said of spending time on his 1,400-acre ranch in Nana Glen, New South Wales. "I don't get to do it anywhere near as much as the original plan (laughs). Especially the last four years. The last four years have been really intense.

"If you think about it, the last four years, that's 'Man of Steel,' 'Les Miz,' 'Noah,' and then a couple of other films that didn't go so well, 'Broken City' and 'Winter's Tale.' And then there's the three-year process of me finding 'The Water Diviner' script, doing all the location scouts, putting the crew together, actually going into production. Then shooting 'Fathers and Daughters' at the beginning of my post-production, and then shooting 'Nice Guys' at the very end of my post-production. So it's been an extremely busy last period. But, you know, hopefully once I've sold the film around the world, then I get some time off!" '3:10 to Yuma': Western remake outshines original | Toronto Star Movies '3:10 to Yuma': Western remake outshines original Hear that whistle blowing, coming down the track. It's the sound of that rarest of cinema offerings: the remake that exceeds the original. Christian Bale, centre, Russell Crowe and Peter Fonda star in 3:10 to Yuma, a remake that tops the original. By Peter Howell Movie Critic Fri., Sept.

7, 2007 Starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster and Gretchen Mol. Directed by James Mangold. At major theatres. 119 minutes. 14A Hear that whistle blowing, coming down the track. It's the sound of that rarest of cinema offerings: the remake that exceeds the original. Article Continued Below James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma, an old-school Western updated for modern mores and tastes, pays due homage to its 1957 predecessor, itself an estimable oater. But it also suggests there was much more to the story to begin with. Taking roles originally assigned to Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, Russell Crowe stars as Ben Wade, the smiling scourge of Wild West money coaches, with Christian Bale as Dan Evans, honest rancher and accidental lawman. The plot remains much the same: captured outlaw Wade is booked on the 3:10 train to Yuma prison, heading out of Contention, Ariz. Evans is obliged to get him there, for a $200 fee that will save his drought-stricken cattle ranch.

Easier said than done, especially if Wade's men have their way. For Crowe, the timing couldn't be better, no matter what the railway clock reads. After a series of career mistakes, playing characters who beg for sympathy, he opts to command our attention with a role made for his cocksure disposition. As the Bible-quoting and bird-sketching Wade, who also happens to be an unblinking killer, Crowe embodies the movie anti-hero that long ago supplanted the kind of gentleman villain essayed by Ford. He's much funnier, too. Accused of having used dynamite to blow up a wagonload of prospectors, Wade retorts with a smirk, "That's a lie. It was a trainful." And as the haunted Evans, a hobbled Civil War vet with guilt as deep as his dry well and a reputation to restore in the eyes of his wife and two young sons, Bale brings a spiritual depth to his mission that Van Heflin's character barely touched.

Mangold (Walk the Line) ups the ante by fleshing out secondary characters, notably Ben Foster as Wade's scene-stealing psychopathic sidekick Charlie, who is determined to save his boss from jail, and Peter Fonda as a loyal coach guard with the constitution of Rasputin. Mangold's also changed the ending to much more dramatic effect. Female characters remain largely MIA however: Gretchen Mol's ranch wife Alice barely registers. But people who go to Westerns are there for the action, not the home life, and Mangold spectacularly delivers a hail of bullets and bloody confrontations between good guys, bad guys and Apaches, who stand somewhere in between. The screenplay by Halsted Welles, Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, working a short story by Elmore Leonard, goes beyond the obvious messages of delivering justice and making your sons proud of you. In the background, that whistling train represents the arrival of modern life, for better or worse. These hard men are relics of a time when boundaries were up for grabs and the law was only as strong as the twitching finger on the trigger. They are all ghosts, heading to destinations unknown.

Screen Junkies 3 Westerns That Are Actually Remakes something here Edgy, gritty, and far more memorable that the original films on which they were based, these examples of westerns that are actually remakes feature powerful performances by Academy Award winning actors like Jeff Bridges and Christian Bale and have provided stars like Jimmy Stewart with some of their most well known roles. Surpassing the originals in both scope and tone, these blockbuster films are infused with boldness and intensity, proving that our heroes will always be cowboys. Giddy up. “True Grit” Nominated for a number of Academy Awards , this gritty 2011 western about a drunken U.S. Marshall hired by a teenage girl bent on finding the criminal who killed her father is a remake of the 1969 classic starring John Wayne as gruff U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn. Directed by Indie icons Joel and Ethan Coen , the remake of “True Grit” starred Jeff Bridges as Cogburn as well as a number of blockbuster stars like Josh Brolin and Matt Damon .

Darker and more action oriented than the original, the film is packed with authentic Western-era dialogue and sarcasm, as well as the moody tone for which the Coen Brothers are known. The original film earned John Wayne his only Academy Award in 1970, while the remake garnered a wealth of nominations including a Best Actor nomination for Bridges, a Best Supporting Actress nomination for 14-year-old newcomer Hailee Steinfeld , and Best Picture. “3:10 to Yuma” This exceptionally dark and suspenseful 2007 drama starred Russell Crowe and Christian Bale and told the story of a indebted ranch hand hoping to wipe his slate clean by escorting a notorious outlaw to the titular train—a train headed for a courthouse so that he can answer for his crimes.

Based on a little known 1957 film starring legendary cowboy Glenn Ford, this remake featured Crowe’s masterful portrayal of philosophical outlaw Ben Wade, balanced perfectly by superstar Christian Bale's Dan Evans, fresh off his success from “Batman Begins.” The result is a powerful film that differs greatly in tone that blurs the line between hero and villain, highlighted by a particularly brilliant—if not disturbing—performance by actor Ben Foster as Wade’s second-in-command, Charlie Prince. “Destry Rides Again” An early example of westerns that are actually remakes is the 1939 classic “Destry Rides Again” which proved to be one of actor Jimmy Stewart’s best known films. Like “3:10 to Yuma,” “Destry Rides Again” was based on an obscure 1932 film starring iconic Western actor Tom Mix and completely surpassed the original film to the point where the original has since been retitled "Justice Rides Again" in order to separate itself from its more famous remake.

The film, about a famous lawman named Destry played by Stewart who takes back a crooked town from a murderous outlaw, lacked the stale, B-movie dialogue and cheesy action of the original and played up the small town charm of Jimmy Stewart—a natural charisma that was heightened by the on-screen chemistry between Stewart and female lead, Marlene Deitrich. Christian Bale, Russell Crowe Reveal Which '3:10 To Yuma' Co-Star Has Been Sharing Bale's Bed - MTV Christian Bale, Russell Crowe Reveal Which '3:10 To Yuma' Co-Star Has Been Sharing Bale's Bed Larry Carroll 08/27/2007 BEVERLY HILLS, California — Between "L.A. Confidential," "Batman Begins," "Gladiator," "The Prestige" and "A Beautiful Mind," they've given us some of the best films of the past decade. From "The Insider" to "The Machinist," they've embarked on chameleonesque transformations that boggle the mind.

Now, Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are finally going toe-to-toe for the topsy-turvy Western remake "3:10 to Yuma." During an eye-opening, rib-tickling shoot-out with MTV, they defended Ernest P. Worrell, speculated on the need to fill photocopiers full of lead and revealed the co-star that's been sharing Bale's bed. MTV: Between "Rescue Dawn" and this movie, you're really on a roll. Christian Bale: Don't worry. It'll all come to a crashing end soon. MTV: Maybe you'll make "Ernest Goes to Camp 5" next? Bale: Come on, now. Don't knock that, man. MTV: Ernest was pretty cool. Bale: Oh yeah. MTV: It's been at least a decade since the last great cowboy movie. So when you got the script for "3:10 to Yuma," was it a matter of, "I want to make a Western," or, "I want to make this Western"? Bale: It was, "I wanna make this bloody good story ... which just happens to be a Western." Russell Crowe: Same thing, really.

I read the script and thought, "I'd enjoy playing this character." Then I heard that Christian was interested in doing it, so that ... Bale: ... put him off for a little while. [They laugh.] Crowe: When I read this I said, "I'd enjoy doing this, I'd enjoy being around horses, and I'd enjoy this character, so that's what I'll go and do." MTV: What's the best part about doing a Western? Bale: It's great when you're out in the canyons riding your horses with the old guns, and there's nothing [to remind you] of modern life whatsoever. Except I found in New Mexico we'd have to clear [the frame of] all the old ovens and microwaves and computers that people take to the desert to shoot — to just vent their anger on. Crowe: It was weird, wasn't it? There were a lot of photocopiers. People must take them out there and go, "I'm sick of you, you photocopying varmint!" Bale: Also, the guns in this movie were great guns. It must have something to do with the wood and the metal as well.

But they just have real character to them. It's like they have a personality themselves. And they smell so bloody good as well — after you'd fire them, you'd get a sniff of it. MTV: Russell, you've done Westerns before like "The Quick and the Dead"... Crowe: I've done a couple of Australian horse films as well. MTV: ... But they're really few and far between here in America. Why do you think that is? Crowe: It would seem so, yeah. I think it's expense — you've got to stand back with a simple point of view and look at what it takes to [film] a Western: the livestock, the equipment and all that stuff. Unless you're electing to do a large part of that in CGI, your budget to do something like John Ford was once pulling off would be massive these days — and without a guaranteed audience for it. MTV: I can only assume that the two of you are as fascinated watching each other act as we in the audience are ... Crowe: [He glances at Bale with a grin.] I was fascinated watching you work! Bale: We would just be stunned! Stunned into silence looking at each other!

Crowe: I was a stunned mullet. Bale: [Sarcastically pretending he's on set] "Oh, I'm sorry, was that my line? I didn't realize. I was so stunned by your performance." MTV: What's the one thing that you saw Christian do that made you think, "I wish I could do that"? Crowe: Our friendship, our relationship, however you wanna put it, started on day one of the reading. It's very easy in this business to miss the point of it. Some people can go into all these grand shapes and twists and forget that the simple thing is about learning your dialogue and inhabiting a character. It was very clear to me on day one of the reading that, not only did Christian have a sense of humor, but that he also respected the job. Bale: Any good actor can communicate very well by distilling the essence of what the movie really is. [And two actors need to share] that common understanding. With Russell, that was bloody easy. ... You can cut out all of the bullsh--.

[Looking at Crowe] The one thing I really hate — and I don't know if you've ever felt this — but you sometimes get actors who'll spend so long talking it out and complaining and blaming other people for stuff. Eventually, it makes you realize that maybe they're just avoiding getting on with doing it. MTV: And that wasn't the case with Russell? Bale: I found with Russell that we could just get on with it. We could get rid of all the nonsense. I appreciated that greatly. MTV: Which leads me to a realization I had halfway through the movie: Because of your acting skills and the gray areas in this film, you could have just as easily switched your roles of the hero and the villain. Bale: The weird thing is that you're the only person who has said that today. MTV: For real? Crowe: [He laughs.] You [reporter] blokes go back into your room and you have your croissants and your cups of coffee, and you start talking about stuff. And every now and then, you'll come up with some kind of bollocks like that, and everybody asks it from then on. It's a fascinating observation!

MTV: So would you have been willing to switch? Crowe: No, there's no way I could limp as well as Christian. MTV: So, the casting was all about the hero's bad leg then? Bale: That's what it all came down to. Crowe: The director brought us into a room, and we had a limp-off. Bale: I got the role because I put a stone in my shoe. I cheated. MTV: When you watch a Western, you can't help but think, "It must be fun to play with the guns." Did you have to resist the temptation of twirling them around your fingers? Bale: Why resist it? Crowe: You've gotta go for it. Bale: Much like riding the horse, you've got to spend some time in the saddle. With the guns, you've got to spend some time holding it. But I drew the line — I didn't sleep with it or anything. Crowe: [He laughs.] Just twice. You did sleep with it twice. Bale: Hey, I'd try anything six times, mate.

Check out everything we've got on "3:10 to Yuma." Visit [article id="1488131"]Movies on MTV.com[/article] for more from Hollywood, including news, reviews, interviews and more. For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Want trailers? Visit the Trailer Park for the newest, scariest and funniest coming attractions anywhere. Film.com Top Critic Mangold delivers a taut modern take on a lesser classic, preserving the High Noon themes about doing the right thing against all odds, and injecting a more modern pacing and urgency without going overboard. September 20, 2007 | Rating: B+ AV Club Top Critic The two leads' sparking byplay, Crowe's addled cockiness versus Bale's nervy grit, would grace any surroundings, but it's a pleasure to revisit the frontier in a drama which feels far more vital than mere nostalgic homage.

September 14, 2007 | Rating: 4/6 | Full Review… Time Out Top Critic James Mangold's expert and entertaining 3:10 to Yuma demonstrates both the Western's age-old appeal, and the problems it presents to a contemporary filmmaker. CNN.com Top Critic The editing is tense and there's mucho splatter but the climax is unforgivable for reasons I can't spell out -- and owes something to a recent picture I can't name. September 10, 2007 New York Magazine/Vulture Top Critic Elevated above the usual fare by an engaging and complex relationship between its two stars, 3:10 To Yuma would be a thoroughly entertaining two hours whatever the genre - the Western setting is almost a bonus. November 3, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Ali Gray TheShiznit.co.uk The real thrill of the film lies in watching these two men, sat on various sides of the moral fence, gradually converge and respect each other.

July 14, 2011 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Ben Rawson-Jones Digital Spy 3:10 to Yuma is as heavy on character as it sounds like it should be ... and still a rip-roaring adventure around it; until it all gets away from director James Mangold in a crashing heap of unlikely motivation and flawed decisions. March 3, 2011 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review… Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net Director James Mangold amps up the blood and thunder without sacrificing the moral complexity of Elmore Leonard's original short story. 3.10 to Yuma to start shooting next month! 3.10 to Yuma to start shooting next month! Flipboard It's now been confirmed that Christian Bale will star in the western remake 3.10 to Yuma alongside Russell Crowe for Walk the Line director James Mangold . The movie will begin shooting next month and will be distributed by Lionsgate . Plot info from Coming Soon (back in August)...

Yuma is based on the 1957 film that starred Glenn Ford as captured outlaw Ben Wade who finds himself in the custody of small-time rancher Dan Evans. The rancher is secretly trying to take the outlaw to a railway station to catch a train to Yuma for the outlaws court date. A battle of wills ensues. Christian Bale is set to play the small time rancher Dan Evans with Russell Crowe as the outlaw Ben Wade, a role made famous in the original by the late Glenn Ford . I can't wait for this movie, Bale and Crowe are probably the two best actors working today and to see them opposite each other in their prime will just be amazing. It's great that we are seeing a rebirth of the western movie as of late, it's a genre that's been missing from our screens for too long. source - variety , coming soon

Question: Films - Russell Crowe and Christian Bale starred in a remake of which famous western?
Answer: 3.10 TO YUMA