What will the neighbours say? Russell Crowe upgrades his $25million Sydney apartment as tradies install a Scandinavian barrel sauna on the balcony during lockdown
Russell Crowe is doing Sydney lockdown in luxury, whether his neighbours like it or not.
The actor, 57, gave his $25million Finger Wharf apartment in Woolloomooloo a Hollywood-style upgrade last week by installing a Scandinavian wooden barrel sauna on the balcony.
Photos taken on Thursday shows tradesmen positioning the luxury sweatbox in the corner of Russel’s undercover balcony – a vantage boasting panoramic views of Sydney Harbour.
What will the neighbours say? Russell Crowe, 57, gave his $25million Finger Wharf apartment in Woolloomooloo a Hollywood-style upgrade last week by installing a Scandinavian wooden barrel sauna on the balcony
The towering structure is also largely visible to the public, no doubt prompting neighbours to wonder whether they’ll catch a glimpse of Russell’s sauna sessions in future.
It’s understood the sauna, which can retail for more than $10,000, was installed last week before the actor commences work on his next film Poker Face in Sydney.
Russell paid $14.35million for the home in 2003, and took it off the market in 2017 despite receiving an offer of about $25million.
Lockdown luxury! It’s understood the sauna, which can retail for more than $10,000, was installed last week before the actor commences work on his next film Poker Face in Sydney
What a view! Photos taken on Thursday shows tradesmen positioning the luxury sweatbox in the corner of Russel’s undercover balcony – a vantage boasting panoramic views of Sydney Harbour
The apartment takes up a whole floor, is 1000 square metres, and has seven car spaces.
Russell is preparing to transform Sydney into a Hollywood movie set for Poker Face this week.
The Gladiator star, who will direct as well as star in the action-thriller, has picked out several iconic locations for the film’s set pieces, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Luxurious: The Hollywood actor paid $14.35million for the home (pictured) in 2003, and took it off the market in 2017 despite receiving an offer of about $25million. The apartment takes up a whole floor, is 1000 square metres, and has seven car spaces
The movie will feature a high speed car chase inside the Harbour Tunnel, as well as showcase the $140million penthouse atop James Packer’s Crown Residences and ‘a sprawling Point Piper mansion overlooking Sydney Harbour’.
While the film was originally set in Miami, Florida, Russell reportedly demanded it be filmed and set in Sydney.
According to Deadline, Poker Face tells the tale of a tech billionaire called Jake (played by Russell) who gathers his childhood friends to his estate for what turns into a high stakes game of poker.
‘Those friends have a love/hate relationship with the host, a master game-player/planner, and he has concocted an elaborate scheme designed to bring a certain justice to all of them,’ Deadline reports.
Joining Russell in the cast will be Wu-Tang Clan frontman RZA, while Natalie Portman is ‘circling a role’.
At home: Meanwhile, Russell will transform Sydney this week into a Hollywood movie set for his next project, Poker Face. While the film was originally set in Florida, the Gladiator star reportedly demanded it be filmed and set in Sydney, according to The Daily Telegraph. Pictured in 2018