Despite having first moved from New Zealand to Australia at the age of four, starred in its most famous TV export “Neighbours” and married an Australian singing star, Russell Crowe is still unable to officially call himself Australian. The actor has bemoaned a change in law for New Zealanders seeking a passport from their Australian neighbors,, something he tried for – and failed – in 2006 and 2013. Crowe told Radio Times, “No matter how long you’d been in the country, if you weren’t in Australia for the majority of 2000 to 2002 — when I was particularly busy filming overseas — you can’t become a citizen. I’ve been voted one of Australia’s 50 national treasures. I’ve even had my face on an Australian stamp, the only non-Australian to do so, apart from the Queen, of course. It’s so, so…unreasonable.” The actor is currently promoting his directorial debut, “The Water Diviner” – a movie about, what else, an Australian.
