Like I say mate, that role was his, and nobody else could have topped that performance, he was utterly flawless in that role.
It's rare that I've seen such perfect casting as throughout that film, like we've both said, utterly magnificent, top to bottom.
Serendipity (not the film, the literal meaning) rather than the rule with Crowe unfortunately.
He's just not a likeable character.
I'm glad it was him though. I wanna see Tom Hardy in a film like that, he's a top actor I reckon he could do well in an epic like that.