Actor Crowe was 'al-Qaeda target'

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BBC

Actor Russell Crowe has revealed he was told he was being targeted by suspected al-Qaeda terrorists who wanted to kidnap him ahead of the 2001 Oscars.

The threat led to him being tailed by FBI agents during the filming of two of his movies.

Crowe told Australian GQ magazine that when told of the threat it "was the first conversation in my life that I'd ever heard the phrase al-Qaeda".

He added the FBI eventually thought the kidnap threat had been "overstated".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4332239.stm

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. probably disgruntled viewers of Virtuosity

[peekaloo]

2. "iconographic Americans"

okay.

Well at least he'd heard of them before Condi-liar.

[Corgigal]

3. I would love to kidnap his ass

for a few days BUT would give him back unharmed.

HEY, a middle aged woman needs a dream.

[kcwayne]

4. Sounds like something his agent cooked up to get him some free exposure