Reportedly, Russell Crowe was waiting ringside for nigh on a decade for the true story of depression-era boxing champ James J. Braddock to be made into a feature film, eventually asking director and friend Ron Howard to take to the helm. Undoubtedly, the wait, and the disappointing box-office turnover for its late-summer 2005 release, (‘we didn’t have capes, just shorts’ said Crowe after) may have lead to the famous ‘throwing-a-phone-at-a-receptionist’s-face’ incident, giving audiences a further excuse to stay away from [...]