HE demonstrated his prowess with a sword in Gladiator, but it turns out Aussie actor Russell Crowe is equally adept when it comes to wielding a pair of barbecue tongs - after all, he gets plenty of practice.
Inviting The Sunday Telegraph into their Bellevue Hill home, wife Danielle Spencer said that sharing a few snags together as a family was one of the ways the couple, who married in 2003, managed to stay grounded and provide a normal, down-to-earth upbringing for sons Charlie, 7, and Tennyson, 5.
"We are very Aussie, very normal. We love a barbie - Russell is very good at those," Spencer, 40, said. "It's great getting the family together."
Far from being the hard MAN shown on the big screen, Spencer said her husband was actually a big softie and that the 47-year-old Oscar-winner - who is working on Superman in Chicago - struggled with spending time away from home.
"It is a big wrench for him. He loves what he does and his work but he really does miss the boys," she said. "He gets unhappy being away and can't wait to see them."
Spencer, who has released an acoustic EP of songs from her album Calling All Magicians, co-produced with Steve Balbi, revealed she isn't afraid to say what she thinks to her husband - and expected him to do the same: "I am certainly not a shrinking violet."
But in his absence, she has enlisted her lads' help ahead of her November 10 concert at The Vanguard in Sydney.
"If I am trying to decide on a mix I play it in the car and they tell me what they think," she said.
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