Russell Crowe to donate ponytail, but won’t play Butch Cassidy

Russell Crowe is a great actor and comes across as charming and funny on talk shows, like his recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

He’s also been known to throw phones and punches, so with Russ you either get feast or famine. Judging by his weight lately, we’re getting the feast.

It’s the same with his long hair, which he is growing out to play both Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham in the upcoming Ridley Scott-directed film.

But fret not, the hair won’t stay long. Star reports Russ will donate his ponytail to Locks of Love, a charity that makes wigs for children who have lost their hair.

A source tells Star, “Russell has grown attached to the hair, but he’s excited to help.” He’s making sure he doesn’t have to dye it for any roles, and he’s almost reached the 10-inch minimum length. Soon, a lucky kid will have Oscar-winning locks!

Russell wasn’t as generous when a callous producer asked him to reprise Paul Newman’s role as Butch Cassidy, the National Enquirer reports.

A movie producer…caught up with him on the NBC studio lot and burbled, “Hey, I want to do a remake of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid– with you playing the Paul Newman role!” Whirling on the guy, Aussie Crowe bellowed: “Piss off! Paul Newman was my hero, you pee-headed whacker! And he just died! Get away from me, you disgusting little troll!” Not missing a beat, Disgusting Troll topped himself with this “irresistible” idea: “Hey, we’re talking to Matthew McConaughey about the ‘Sundance’ role!” Crowe, lacking even a cell phone to fling, waved weird finger signals behind his back as he stalked away fuming.

Source: celebitchy