Rockin’ Russell cheers bar staff
RUSSELL Crowe is the favourite Hollywood star of staff hit by the credit crunch at a Welsh pub – after he left them a whopping £600 tip.
The Antipodean Oscar-winner, who is filming Robin Hood in Pembrokeshire, left the cash after he hosted a meal and party for nine fellow cast members at the Carew Inn, near Tenby. The sometime rock musician also provided staff with an impromptu concert.
He gave the three-figure tip, which will be split among 10 staff, after feasting on mussels and chicken at the pub. Crowe paid the £240 bill and then stunned the inn’s workers with an extra wad of notes for their services.
One staff member said: “The bar staff don’t get tips. Our boss has shared it between all of us who worked that night so we will be taking home about £60 each.”
Staff were also treated to Crowe’s singing attempts as he whipped out his guitar and belted out the Bryan Adams song Summer Of ’69 with help from ER actor Scott Grimes and X-Men star Kevin Durand, who play Will Scarlett and Little John in the epic Ridley Scott movie.
