Russell Crowe's pudgy face makes an Oz debut

Russell Crowe met the media on Tuesday at Sydney, Australia, to announce that he will play the narrator in a live theatre remake of Ben-Hur.



But what drew the press persons' attention there was not the announcement as much as Russell's pudgy looking face. The look came as a surprise to many especially after his representatives had refuted claims that Russell had been digitally slimmed down in Robin Hood.

Russell recently tweeted that he had quit smoking after his son began calling cigarette smell, "daddy smell." "Charlie called it Daddy smell. With Dani ,they'd walk past smokers on the street he'd say, 'Mum, Dads here somewhere (sic),'" Russell tweeted. He has been cigarette free for two months now. Is that the cause of the pudgy face, Russell?