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Jonathan Ross talks fatherhood and heroes with Russell Crowe and Amir Khan
This week in a rare TV appearance Academy Award-winning Australian Russell Crowe makes a return visit to the Jonathan Ross sofa for BBC ONE's Friday Night wth Jonathan Ross.
Russell - whose new movie is A Good Year
- tells Jonathan how fatherhood has mellowed him.
"It's much more than I
could have hoped for, every day it's more and more fantastic," he says.
An he is
looking forward to extending his family: "'I'm currently in negotiation.
Danielle and I, we definitely want a daughter, but she's the boss."
Jonathan also welcomes to the show Olympic silver medallist boxer Amir Khan,
still only 19 and about to publish his autobiography.
Amir talks about his close family: "My father got me into it (at the
age of eight), he's been like a shadow [but] my mum hates me fighting, I fight
my younger brother, I love the sport and I know I can look after myself."
On his
ambitions: "I keep telling Frank Warren, put me in a title fight, but he told
me to pace myself, take my time. Next year I want to be World Champion"
And about meeting his hero: "Muhammad Ali
influenced me from the age of eight. I met him in America and I was star-
struck. He made me feel really comfortable, it was a dream come true."
Jonathan also welcomes to the show reality TV queen Jade Goody and Bafta Award-winning comedian Lee Mack.
And there's music from newcomers Gossip performing
Standing in the Way of Control live in the studio.
A Hotsauce TV/Open Mike production for BBC ONE.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, 10.35pm, 13 October 2006, BBC ONE
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