Russell Crowe’s eight-year-old son was convinced not to join the army after watching ‘The Water Diviner’.
The actor – who stars as an Australian farmer who travels to Turkey to find his three missing sons after the Battle of Gallipoli – says his new movie had a profound impact on his son Tennyson, causing him to rethink his career plans.
The 50-year-old star said his son told him: "Dad, we’re not joining the army any more."
Previous to that, however, Tennyson said that "after university, I’m going to do a couple of battles" and speculated that a soldier might be paid "a million".
But Russell is thrilled that the movie – which also stars Olga Kurylenko – has convinced his son to consider the pitfalls of war and change his attitude completely.
He told The Times newspaper: "The entire effort of three years of making the movie is worth it just to have put that in my son’s heart."
Meanwhile, Russell – who also has an 11-year-old son, Charles – recently said having children has changed his outlook on life.
He said: "Once you have children everything you do and how you see the world is done through the prism of having kids."
Russell Crowe’s new film convinced his son to not join the army
