Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticBeaming into Deadline’s livestreamed Contenders Television virtual event all the way from his home in the Australian Bush country, Oscar winner Russell Crowe discussed why he decided to make a rare foray into TV by playing Roger Ailes, the disgraced force behind the creation of Fox News Channel who was eventually ousted in a high-profile sexual harassment scandal.The Showtime limited series The Loudest Voice, for which the actor won a Golden Globe earlier this year, was a unique challenge beginning with his transformation into Ailes.“You generally tend not to do something as large as this or as long as this,” Crowe said. “I think at the end of the day it was something like 68 applications.
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