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An actor and stunt coordinator who injured his leg has reached his £25,000 fundraising target for treatment with the help of star and friend Russell Crowe. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

F or most people, Russell Crowe broke into the American film scene as detective Bud White in 1997’s L.A. Confidential. It was an ideal marriage of actor and role: the burly, snu

Russell Crowe really wanted to be in Gladiator II, despite the obvious problem that his characters dies in the first movie.

Stuntman Charlie Allan, who starred alongside the Hollywood legend in Gladiator, is hoping for a leg-saving operation.

Russell Crowe's Maximus died at the end of Gladiator and his presence keeps haunting Gladiator II in ways that ultimately hurt the film.

A Gladiator stuntman fears he may lose his leg after a horror fall, prompting Russell Crowe to donate £5,000 for his limb-saving op.