Gladiator star Russell Crowe visited Carron Valley in Stirlingshire yesterday to meet up with an old friend and check out a charity set up to promote local heritage. Read more
Hollywood star Russell Crowe is to make his first trip to Scotland this weekend and will spend it deep in a forest in the Carron Valley, near Stirling. He is due to visit Duncarron Fort, a replica medieval village being built by heritage charity the Clanranald Trust. Read more
New Zealand actor Russell Crowe and Charlie Allan first met on the set of Gladiator in 1999, where they became friends and have kept in touch ever since. More recently they both had a chance to work together again on Ridley Scott's epic blockbuster movie Robin Hood. Charlie is the Chief Executive of The Clanranald Trust for Scotland, who are currently building a full size motte and bailey medieval village in the Carron Valley, near Stirling. The fortified village is based on an early Clan Chief's residence dating from the early 11th Century. Charlie came up with the idea in 1994, whilst having a drink with some biker buddies in Edinburgh. Read more