There was a rumor Heath was going to take a year off to spend with his baby daughter, Matilda. Seems like it was just that...a rumor. We've got Bob Dylan and now this. I have to tell ya, I'm a "Strictly Ballroom" fan (also Baz Luhrmann). This could be good!
Ledger replaces Crowe in Luhrmann movie
By Indo Asian News Service
New York, May 30 (IANS) Oscar winner Russell Crowe has been replaced by Heath Ledger in the untitled Baz Luhrmann movie because he demanded script approval.
According to pagesix.com, the movie, which stars Nicole Kidman in the female lead, is a love story set in Australian outback just before the Japanese bombardment of Darwin in 1942.
The producers asked Luhrmann to get another actor and he chose Ledger after meeting a lot of actors.
A source said: 'Luhrmann liked him and offered him the movie. Then Crowe came back to Luhrmann and said he'd forego script approval and wanted to do the movie, but they told him it was too late - to buzz off.'