Comicbook.com reports that Gladiator and The Mummy star Russell Crowe was ?insulted? by Deadpool and Cable co-creator Rob Liefeld?s invitation to audition for the time-traveling mutant. Liefeld said as much during an Amazing Las Vegas Comic-Con panel.
Liefeld recalled, ?One night before I went to bed, I didn't know Russell Crowe was on Twitter, and I stupidly tweeted to Russell Crowe ? not ever thinking he'd answer me ? and I go, ?Hey Russell, you should read for Cable!??
He added, ?That didn't turn out very well, I got yelled at a lot, because I woke up ? because he's in Australia ? to Russell Crowe saying, ?Read for it?!?, and my manager said, ?Yeah... Russell Crowe doesn't read for parts, Rob. You kind of insulted him."