RUSSELL Crowe has reportedly bitten the ear of his bodyguard Mark "Spud" Carroll during a drunken clash while filming his new boxing movie.
According to Britain's Daily Mirror, the fiery Australian star's "Mike Tyson" moment allegedly happened during a drinking session on the Toronto set of The Cinderella Man.
Crowe allegedly turned on Carroll, a former Australian Test rugby league player, when the bodyguard told him it was time he went home to his wife Danielle Spencer and son Charles.
"Something must have annoyed Russell," a source told the Mirror. "He and Spud are so close, almost like brothers. And like some siblings, they ended up having a huge row.
"Russell's a great guy but he didn't take too kindly to being told it was time to go home. He flipped. There was a scuffle then Russell bit Spud. It was incredible."
Crowe plays heavyweight legend Gentleman Jim Braddock in the film, opposite fellow Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger.
Braddock was a Depression era fighter who defeated world champion Max Baer in 1935.
Crowe's friendship with Carroll stretches back to the rugby league star's playing days with the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Source: Daily Telegraph.
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DHB Report (August 23, 2004) 
