BANA WANTED FOR IRWIN BIOPIC
THE HULK star ERIC BANA is the frontrunner to play tragic CROCODILE=20 HUNTER STEVE IRWIN in a potential biopic, as far as the celebrity=20 conservationist’s best pal is concerned.
Irwin’s friend and manager JOHN STAINTON recalls Irwin asking his=20 fellow Aussie to play him if there was ever a film about his life.
Stainton says, "He (Irwin) raced up to him on the red carpet and said = ‘Eric, you have to promise me one thing, mate - you’ve got to play me=20 when I die.’ "If we ever do a movie I’d have to get Eric Bana." Irwin’s pal RUSSELL CROWE was the first name mentioned in relation to = a biopic.
He immediately played down the rumours, stating, "It’s appalling to=20 me and offends me very deeply. It’s so awful that I have to deal with=20 millions of people thinking I would dance on my friend’s grave."
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