Danielle Spencer
hits the red carpet. Source: Supplied
Annette Sharp, The Daily Telegraph, reports
Thirteen years after she abandoned her acting
career to reconcile with an old famous boyfriend, Danielle Spencer has started
having talks with producers about returning to the screen.
It is the latest move by mother-of-two Spencer to reclaim her life after
separating from husband of nine years Russell Crowe last year.
Eight months after she and Crowe were last photographed together,
Spencer is moving ahead with her reclamation project.
There are not only acting plans in the wind but also plans to resume her
musical career.
Last week sources said the change in Spencer since Crowe left Australia
for the US and the glory of the Academy Awards season two weeks ago is complete
and obvious.
She is no longer withdrawn, inaccessible and looking stressed, her
expression pinched as she powers through the eastern suburbs on her weekday
morning walk.
To neighbours who have been watching her for the past 12 months - since she
moved her two young sons Charlie, 9, and Tennyson, 7, out of a Woolloomooloo
Wharf apartment and into the $10 million Rose Bay home her husband didn't want
- the 43-year-old appears finally to have found her smile.
She now cuts a cheerful figure as she strides through the neighbourhood,
waving and smiling to those who once regarded her as "aloof".
She has actually started laughing on the streets, they report excitedly.
A close friend said that in private and public, Spencer is cracking
jokes again: "She was always a natural comedienne, but we haven't seen
that side for such a long time. Now she's back in top form.
"She has what she needs and is happy."
For Spencer it seems the burden of being married to one of the world's
biggest film stars was always going to be too great for a woman who prized her
own independence.
Now buoyant following the couple's official separation - a subject which
neither has yet discussed on the record since it was first disclosed in October
- the silver-maned singer-songwriter with the fiercely proud bearing is looking
for new opportunities and adventure. As well she should. She can, say those who
know, afford them.
Despite speculation that Spencer signed a pre-nup before their 2003
wedding, guaranteeing her a minimum $15 million payout, there is no such
binding financial agreement.
Without a pre-nup she is, by rights, entitled to 50 to 60 per cent of
Crowe's fortune which, if estimates are to be believed, is worth a conservative
$80 million, putting Spencer in a powerful negotiating position.
But Spencer, we're informed, is not greedy.
"Dani doesn't want to be defined as being someone's wife," a
friend said. "She really is her own person and knows Russell will look
after her and the boys, so she doesn't have her hand out for a
lot."Divorce is a "work in progress", the friend added last
week.
Crowe, who zealously shoots down all rumoured new attachments - the
latest to Natalie Imbruglia, with whom he was photographed in the States last
month - is possibly still holding out for a reconciliation. Spencer is not.
Her boys remain her highest priority and she is said to be hopeful the
estranged couple will continue to share custody of their two sons.
Crowe is expected back in Australia shortly to continue work on the
development of a locally produced film which promises to keep him closer to home
this year. His long absences in 2011 and last year due to film work are
believed to have contributed to the breakdown of the couple's marriage.
However, now liberated, Spencer has much to celebrate. She has her life
back, her town back, her privacy restored, and even, for the time being, her
two sons back under her roof 24/7.
She has long been regarded as a gifted actress and so a return to the
screen now fills her with excitement.
Spencer became a household name in Australia after joining the cast of popular
TV series The Flying Doctors in 1989. She worked steadily as an actress until
2000, when she appeared in TV series All Saints and Beastmaster.
But when Crowe, whom she'd dated from 1989 to 1992, swept her off her
feet in 2001, Spencer appeared to cut her ties with her profession.
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