STAGE TUBE: Russell Crowe Braves Freezing Weather to Participate in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

By: Aug. 18, 2014
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Ricky Gervais recently challenged Russell Crowe to participate in social media's latest craze- the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Crowe accepted and posted a video to Twitter, making sure viewers knew that dumping a bucket of ice on himself was going to be anything but refreshing.

@RussellCrowe: "#ALSIceBucketChallenge @rickygervais @RealHughJackman @alanthomasdoyle @ScottGrimes"

In this video, he says, "Here, I have a bucket of ice. And it's winter time- it's freezing!"

Check out the video!

Russell Crowe recently appeared in Noah, Winter's Tale, Man of Steel, Broken City, and 2012 film adaptation of Les Miserables. He rose to fame for his role in 2000's Gladiator, which won him the Oscar for Best Actor, followed by A Beautiful Mind in 2001, which earned him a Golden Globe. His upcoming big screen projects include The Water Diviner and Fathers and Daughters.



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