Television | How Russell Crowe Channeled Roger Ailes in ‘The Loudest Voice’ Sections Skip to content Skip to site index The new Showtime series follows the rise and fall of the former Fox News chief. But its loudest voices may belong to his detractors. “I can have my own opinions, but I can’t portray Roger from an outside perspective,” Russell Crowe said about his role playing Roger Ailes. Credit Credit Michael George for The New York Times Supported by ByAustin Considine June 27, 2019 Russell Crowe wants you to know that his process of preparing for a role is not interesting. At all. Everyone always asks him about it. (Don’t ask him about it.) But let’s suppose you did. Was it not difficult getting inside the head of Roger Ailes, a man who, as the mastermind behind Fox News, was just as reviled as revered? A man accused of legitimizing racist conspiracy theories and sexually … [Read more...] about How Russell Crowe Channeled Roger Ailes in ‘The Loudest Voice’
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‘The Loudest Voice’ Review: Russell Crowe’s License to Ailes
Showtime's seven-part miniseries charts Fox News CEO Roger Ailes’ rise and fall — and seems to exist mainly to win its star an Emmy David Fear, provided by Published 11:40 am PDT, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Photo: JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIME Photo: JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIME Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIME ‘The Loudest Voice’ Review: Russell Crowe’s License to Ailes 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Credit where credit’s due: The Loudest Voice, Showtime’s seven-part miniseries about the rise and fall of Fox News chairman/alleged chronic sexual harasser Roger Ailes, is dedicated to living up to its name. From the moment that … [Read more...] about ‘The Loudest Voice’ Review: Russell Crowe’s License to Ailes
TV Review: ‘The Loudest Voice’
Daniel D'Addario, provided by Published 11:00 am EDT, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Photo: JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIME Photo: JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIME Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIME TV Review: ‘The Loudest Voice’ 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Roger Ailes, the late Fox News chief and one of the most consequential figures in the history of media, saw and used two seemingly incompatible sides of television. A traditionalist entertainer who came up in the industry at “The Mike Douglas Show,” Ailes rooted himself in certain rock-solid fundamentals of attracting and retaining audience attention; a forward thinker driven by ambition and rage, he … [Read more...] about TV Review: ‘The Loudest Voice’
Watch Russell Crowe Portray Roger Ailes in Teaser for ‘The Loudest Voice’
New limited series about late Fox News chief to premiere on Showtime this June Jon Blistein, provided by Published 9:20 am PDT, Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Photo: Rolling Stone Photo: Rolling Stone Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Rolling Stone Watch Russell Crowe Portray Roger Ailes in Teaser for ‘The Loudest Voice’ 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Roger Ailes lays out his “fair and balanced” vision for Fox News in unsparing terms in the teaser for Showtime’s upcoming limited series, The Loudest Voice, premiering June 30th. The seven-part series stars Russell Crowe as the notorious Fox News founder, who built the network into a financial juggernaut … [Read more...] about Watch Russell Crowe Portray Roger Ailes in Teaser for ‘The Loudest Voice’
Russell Crowe Transforms Into Roger Ailes In ‘The Loudest Voices’ First Look
ENTERTAINMENT 02/01/2019 05:03 pm ET Christian Bale is shaking. By Cole Delbyck Since transforming into much-derided political figures is all the rage in Hollywood these days, Russell Crowe is on deck as Roger Ailes in an upcoming Showtime series. “The Loudest Voice in the Room,” adapted from Gabriel Sherman’s extensively reported book of the same name, examines the checkered final decade of Ailes’ life and how he “molded Fox News into a force that irrevocably changed the conversation about the highest levels of government,” according to Showtime. In the first look at the series, unveiled on Thursday, the Oscar-winning Crowe is nearly unrecognizable as the late cable-news giant, sporting what looks like a bald cap and some prosthetics. The first images of Crowe on set made the internet rounds in November, with social media users expressing shock over his transformation. The eight-episode limited series, … [Read more...] about Russell Crowe Transforms Into Roger Ailes In ‘The Loudest Voices’ First Look