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May 20 | Rhubarb Stew
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27.02.2013 | 12:30

Russell Crowe Talks Extreme Iceland Weather on Leno

Actor Russell Crowe told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show on Monday that he struggled with extreme weather while filming Darren Aronofsky’s Noah in Iceland last year.

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Crowe told Leno that the conditions were harsh and the weather changeable. “Iceland is a tough place. When they have a good summer, that means that there's been more than ten sunny days. And it can turn at the drop of a hat, the weather. It was pretty extreme.”

Crowe said he opted to sleep in a trailer on set, rather than commute back and forth to town each day. “One night I didn’t sleep all night because the trailer was just rocking with the wind. And you always know it’s been a windy night when you wake up in the morning in your Rv, and you’re walking downhill to go to the kitchen [because] the nose [of the trailer] had buried itself in the ground. And I open the door to go to the gym and it was no longer there. It was two miles down the valley. So it was very challenging, but so, so beautiful,” he said.

Noah is scheduled to premiere in March 2014.

Click here to read more about Crowe’s stay in Iceland.

ZR


childrens_film_festivalThe 2013 Reykjavík International Children’s Film Festival opens at the cinema Bíó Paradís on Hverfisgata in downtown Reykjavík on May 29.  more

althingi-parliament_ipaThe exchange of power in Iceland took place yesterday when the government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally took over from that of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and ministers exchange keys.  more

everest_wikiMountaineer Leifur Örn Svavarsson became the first Icelander to reach the peak of Everest, the world’s highest mountain, by the North Face from Tibet just before sunrise yesterday morning.  more

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ir0213_coverThe 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.  more



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reykjavik_shorts_and_docs_2013The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!  more

inspired_by_isafjordur_thumbnail_asArtist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
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