Russell Crowe Sworn to Secrecy Over Kidnap Plot  5/24/05

Russell Crowe hated the secrecy surrounding his 2001 Al-Qaida kidnap plot because he felt like Elvis Presley, turning up at the Academy Awards with a posse of bodyguards.

The Gladiator star was contacted by the FBI "in the middle of the night" and told of a plot to kidnap him and other leading Hollywood stars - but he was sworn to secrecy.

He recalls, "What are you supposed to do? The thing that really bothered me at the time was not being able to discuss it with people - to explain why I suddenly looked like Elvis Presley with 14 guys around me."