How many exorcism movies can one Russell Crowe star in?
From The Pope’s Exorcist to The Exorcism, Russell Crowe is obsessed with the possessed
He’s been a Gladiator. He’s been a Nice Guy. He’s been a Pope’s Exorcist. Now get ready to see Russell Crowe as you’ve never seen him before. In The Exorcism, Russell Crowe plays an actor playing an exorcist. Well, at least that’s somewhat of a change—but will he still ride a Lambretta Scooter?
Crowe stars as Anthony Miller, an actor in the throes of a breakdown during the cursed production of an exorcism-based horror movie. Directed by Joshua John Miller, writer of the similarly meta Final Girls and son of Exorcist actor Jason Miller, whose character Father Karras defenestrated himself after accepting possession of the demon Pazuzu, the movie is loosely based on his childhood experiences. In a statement, Miller says his father “never shied away from telling [him] stories of just how ‘cursed’ [The Exorcist] was.”