Russell Crowe, the famous actor of the film “Gladiator”, discovered after much research that he has distant Italian roots. The star was always very grateful Italy and he not only visited our country several times, but also praised it several times. Now it appears to have an additional connection to Italy.
Russell Crowe's Italian origins
Russell Crowe is a famous actor and producer who became known to an international audience through his film appearances. First of all, there is certainly that of the gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius in Ridley Scott's film, a role that earned him the Oscar for Best Actor in 2001. In recent years, the star of New Zealand origin has also become involved Career as a musician and he toured the peninsula with his band Indoor Garden Party this summer. The actor not only has a passion for our beautiful country but also confessed on social media that he has found his own passion Italian origin.
The discovery he made about his origins was then shared in several posts on X (the former “Twitter”). The actor, who he had been researching for some time, writes his ancestors and he had heard from family stories that they were Italian. The search for his origins therefore took a long time, but in the end it turned out that his great-great-great-grandfather on his mother's side was Luigi Ghezzi, who was born in 1829 Ascoli Piceno. The man had emigrated from Italy to New Zealand in 1864, but at the time his story was very daring.
Crowe says that when Luigi Ghezzi was born, he was the son of Augenstine and Annunziata of Parma emigrated to New Zealand he moved to Argentina. Ghezzi spent several years in South America and then the man embarked for India, but the ship he was traveling on sank. For this reason, Ghezzi ended up in Cape Town. Here he met Mary Ann Curtain, whom he married and then returned to New Zealand.
Russell Crowe's love of Italy
The connection between Russell Crowe and our country is strong and now known.
For example, the star's decision to support the victims ofFlooding in Emilia-Romagna. In fact, Russell Crowe performed in Bologna on June 27, 2023 along with his band, the Indoor Garden Party. The group announced that proceeds would go to the concert donated to charity in support of the emergency that affected various areas of Emilia-Romagna.
However, the gestures of appreciation did not end there. In fact, the star shared a photo of the i on social media in the summer of 2023by Strombolicchio alone and a wonderful commitment to our country. In fact, we read in the post: “Italy is a gift from the gods.” To love, to respect, to honor.
Russell Crowe's tweet gained wide popularity and was also re-shared by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
These were not the only events that shaped the connection between Crowe and our peninsula. This summer actually during one holiday in Italy He still made headlines with the Crowe family. In fact, the actor had launched a call to find the cartoonist who painted a portrait of his children in Piazza Navona years ago. The actor also published a post on Twitter with the request Cartoon photo and in a short time the social media machine was activated and found the artist again.