Russell Crowe Called Director an ‘Idiot’ for Slamming Meg Ryan Affair

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In the 2000 thriller Proof of Life, Russell Crowe portrays a kidnapping and ransom specialist who embarks on a mission to rescue an American engineer being held by guerrillas in South America and ends up falling for the engineer’s actor wife, played by Meg Ryan. The film’s production took an unexpected turn when life mirrored art and real-life sparks flew between Ryan and Crowe, resulting in an off-screen affair that overshadowed the film’s release. Read on to learn more about the scandalous romance and why it led to Crowe calling director Taylor Hackford “a [expletive] idiot.”