Hollywood celebrities who fell in love with Aussies in photos | Together with Nicole Kidman and Lenny Kravitz, Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan and G Flip and Chrishell Stause

Sure, we all know he was technically born in New Zealand, however we’re claiming him.

Actor Russell Crowe dated romcom queen Meg Ryan after they met on the set of Proof of Life in 2001.

Ryan had been married to Dennis Quaid since 1991 and the pair had been Hollywood’s golden couple, so it got here as a shock to followers after they introduced their separation in June 2000.

By 2001, they had been formally divorced.

Across the time of her divorce from Quaid, Ryan was linked to Crowe after pictures of them wanting cosy on the set of Proof of Life circulated within the tabloids.

The perceived indiscretions appeared to alter Hollywood’s view of Ryan because the squeaky-clean woman subsequent door to the “Scarlet Lady” – her phrases – and coincidentally her profession took a success.

However whereas the actress takes full accountability for the demise of her marriage to Quaid, she stated Crowe was unfairly implicated in her divorce.

“I believe he took a giant hit. However Russell didn’t break up the wedding,” she advised InStyle. “He was undoubtedly there on the finish, but it surely wasn’t his fault. I used to be a large number. I harm him, too, on the finish. I couldn’t be in one other lengthy relationship, it wasn’t the time for that. So I acquired out.”