Fending off Steve Martin's jokes at the 73rd Academy Awards Sunday night, Russell Crowe — while he wasn't receiving the Oscar for best actor — may have been looking forward to his long-anticipated movie shoot that begins on campus today.
Leading the news both for his accomplishments and beefed-up security after an alleged kidnapping threat, Crowe's visit to the University may bring more than the usual movie entourage.
"We would not have signed off on their production if we thought there was a viable threat," said University Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser. "There was no plan or conspiracy — nothing that would place anyone else in danger. There is no viable threat to kidnap Russell Crowe."
Weiser explained that Public Safety determined Crowe's presence on campus, and the alleged conspiracy to harm him, did not pose a threat to students or other members of the University community.
"On a scale from one to 10," Weiser said, "this is only a one, or maybe a two. There is nothing that could get someone caught in a dangerous situation."
Eric Hamblin, director of Visitor and Conference Services, explained Sunday that student welfare and academics will not be adversely affected by the filming. The well-being of students, Weiser echoed, is the University's top priority.
Students, however, may face minor inconveniences during the shoot, Weiser said. Because the scenes that will be filmed this week are set in the 1940s, students have been asked to move their bicycles from the Henry-1901 courtyard and may be delayed for several minutes entering and leaving buildings to allow for filming.
Universal Pictures has retained a private security force to be used during the shoot, Weiser said. Those personnel will be primarily engaged in protecting expensive equipment from damage or theft as well as aiding production assistants during actual filming.
Though Public Safety will have a minimal role, they will be involved in several areas of the movie production.
"We [will] send someone from Public Safety for traffic control and parking enforcement — just to make sure they don't put their trailers somewhere we don't want them — and also show them around."
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