Why Russell Crowe wanted to play the Pope's exorcist | 7.30

The Vatican's most famous exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth, claimed to have performed thousands of exorcisms before his death in 2016. Russell Crowe plays Amorth in his new film The Pope's Exorcist, based on the late father's diaries. Exorcism is still performed in the Catholic Church, with Australian priests travelling to Rome to learn the ancient rites. Sarah Ferguson interviews Russell Crowe - and a warning that this interview contains excerpts from the film. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-3... ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia