Actor Russell Crowe‘s been honored with slews of awards, from the Golden Globes to Academy Awards to the BAFTAs. However a latest tribute is arguably his most scrumptious honor thus far—and the star appears to understand it.
“Some folks get statues manufactured from bronze. Some in marble. In Malta, they’ve made me out of … chocolate !!!” Crowe posted to X (previously Twitter) this week, sharing a photograph of a life-sized, chocolate model of Maximus, the character Crowe performed in 2000’s Gladiator.
The confection was created by artist and catering firm proprietor Tiziano Cassar, who writes on Fb that the statue was made for Saturday’s Hamrun Chocolate Pageant. The annual occasion, which (per Go to Europe) “contains varied leisure actions akin to a procession with knights and the Grand Grasp’s Entourage in epical costumes,” attracts about 25,000 guests annually, the Instances of Malta studies.
In response to Cassar, a mutual buddy reached out to Crowe to alert him to his chocolate doppelgänger, and the remaining is delectable historical past. “I really feel lucky to be talked about by the worldwide and Oscar winner actor on his social media platform,” Cassar says.
“When the competitors is over, I can be accessible to eat…” Crowe wrote, however one place he will not be accessible is Gladiator 2, or no matter we’re calling the hotly-anticipated sequel to Crowe’s now-chocolate-commemorated star flip. That film, which can star Paul Mescal, “has nothing to do with me,” Crowe advised Selection in July. “In that world, I’m useless. Six ft below.”
“However I do admit to a sure tinge of jealousy,” Crowe mentioned of his decades-old position. “It jogs my memory of once I was youthful and what it meant for me, in my life.” And now he has another reminder, because of Cassar—at the least, till a warmth wave, ants, or the insatiable throngs come for Maximus as soon as extra.
