Between 1999 and 2002 , Russell Crowe was involved in a few altercations , which are spoofed in the '' South Park '' episode . In 1999 , Crowe got into a midnight brawl with multiple people outside a bar in Coffs Harbour , Australia , which was caught on security camera . In 2002 , Crowe fought with businessman Eric Watson inside Zuma , a Japanese restaurant in London . Actor Ross Kemp leaped in to separate the two . During the 2002 BAFTA awards , Crowe quoted a poem by Patrick Kavanagh during his acceptance speech of the award for his performance in '' A Beautiful Mind '' . Upon broadcast , the poem was cut out due to time constraints and copyright issues . This angered Crowe and led to a confrontation between him and producer Malcolm Gerrie , during which Crowe " was abusive and behaved very unreasonably " . The '' South Park '' episode contains a reference to this incident during the scene in which Crowe attacks his editor , saying : " My fighting is poetry ! You do n't edit Russell Crowe 's poetry , you testicle ! " In the DVD commentary for the episode , Trey Parker noted that , by 2002 , Crowe had gotten himself into fights on three different continents , which led to the idea of '' Fightin ' Around the World with Russell Crowe '' , since Crowe had literally fought all over the world . Parker said that the initial inspiration for the episode , however , came from a personal experience he and Matt Stone had with the actor . Parker and Stone got to know Crowe at an award show around the time that the duo got awards for '' Bigger , Longer & Uncut '' . They described Crowe as " a really cool guy " accompanied by easy-going " Aussie " friends . One day , the two were invited to the studio by Crowe , who was finishing his album and asked the duo to listen to it and provide feedback . Flattered , they accepted the invitation . However , when they arrived , about eight of Crowe 's acquaintances were also there . Crowe then proceeded to play a CD of the album , which seemed completely mixed and finished already . No one in the room seemed willing to comment on the songs , and it soon became apparent to Parker and Stone that Crowe simply wanted everyone to sit there and listen to the album . Parker said that while Crowe was " a very talented '' actor '' " , he was a poor musician , describing his record as " Bon Jovi meets Hepatitis B " . At one point , a song came along which featured handclapping . Parker , trying to think of something constructive to say , suggested that Crowe mix out the handclaps . " And literally , the place just got quiet " , Parker said , with all attendees supposedly in shock that Parker would dare to critique Crowe . According to Parker , Crowe then nonchalantly took a drag of his cigarette and said : " Well , maybe I mix them of the version I give to you . " After the album was finally over , Robbie Robertson showed up at the studio , and Crowe started the album all over again . Exhausted and unwilling to listen to the album a second time , the duo got up and left . Despite this uncomfortable incident with him , Parker and Stone stated that there were no hostile feelings between them and Crowe , describing him as generally kind to them and reiterating that he was " an extremely talented actor " . They remained on good terms , with Crowe even writing the duo a letter to congratulate them on the success of their movie '' Team America : World Police '' in 2004
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