Instagram/Russell Crowe Celebrity Russell Crowe's last true global hit was this divisive 2014 epic that ended his reign as a leading man. April 28, 2026 AceShowbiz - Russell Crowe recently starred in The Pope's Exorcist, yet it is an older, more contentious film of his that continues to spark debate. This particular movie, a grand-scale epic, followed the commercial disappointment of Robin Hood, which also marked the end of Crowe's longstanding collaboration with director Ridley Scott and effectively closed the chapter on his era as a leading man in major studio tentpole productions.