At the Movies: Body of Lies

By Peta Hellard October 09, 2008 12:00am The spying game ... Russell Crowe as CIA hardman boss Hoffman, and Leonardo DiCaprio as an intelligence operative / Supplied MUCH has happened since Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio first worked together on The Quick and the Dead. The 1994 western was a big launching pad for both on their path to Hollywood leading-man status, DiCaprio was only 18. Fourteen years later, the pair have earned six Oscar nominations between them and starred in some of the most successful films -- critically and at the box office -- of recent times. Crowe, 44, says he was unsure of what to expect from DiCaprio when it came to re-teaming for Body of Lies. "We both approached the first conversation (about doing the film) with a little bit of trepidation because there's been a lot written about him and a lot... [read full story]