And now, a one-act play imagining how Russell Crowe's costume came to be in Darren Aronofsky's Noah 

Amid a din of hammering on the mighty Ark he is building and the intermittent lowing of assorted livestock, Noah director Darren Aronofsky readies Russell Crowe for his starring role as God's chosen one.

Darren Aronofsky: Now, Russell, our Noah is a resilient, stoic man—a man who listens attentively to God's bidding, but doesn't offer a single word on behalf of his people, even as they're destroyed by his maker's wrath.

Russell Crowe stares hard at Aronofsky, nostrils subtly flaring. A horsefly buzzes around his forehead then, thinking of better of it, departs swiftly.

Darren Aronofsky: He's a tiller of the soil, but also a notorious drunkard. He's a survivor who weathers the greatest storm imaginable, but his insides roil with an inner sadness at the knowledge of the great and terrible duties he must perform.