Russell Crowe Channeled Wu Tang?s Ol? Dirty Bastard For RZA?s Man With The Iron Fists

RZA's kung fu actioner The Man With The Iron Fists is already a must-see thanks to its pedigree (RZA co-wrote, directs and stars, Eli Roth co-wrote and produces, Quentin Tarantino "presents"), cast (Lucy Liu, Gordon Liu, Pam Grier to name a few) and stylistic influences (Shaw brothers meets Wu Tang? Yes please!). Speaking with Movieline, RZA dropped another worlds-colliding tidbit that might blow minds when Iron Fists hits theaters November 2: Russell Crowe's mysterious, dagger-twirling character Jack Knife was influenced by none other than the late rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard.

That's right — the spirit of Ol' Dirty Bastard, AKA ODB, AKA Dirt McGirt, AKA Big Baby Jesus, lives on within Oscar-winner Russell Crowe.

?When you see the film you will see a couple of ODB references and you?ll go, 'Okay ? that's where he got that from,'" RZA promised when he rang Movieline (look for the full interview next month). "He does an ODB move exactly like ODB would do!"

In the film's press notes, RZA explains further: "My cousin's not here anymore, but I wanted his spirit in the film. Russell and I talked about it, and he loved the idea." The mysterious Jack Knife, an opium-addicted soldier enamored of China named for his weapon of choice, even has a signature jaw harp audio cue reminiscent of ODB's "Shimmy Shimmy Ya."

But the ODB-Crowe connection extended further on set as RZA pointed to the spirit of his late cousin and collaborator when filming hit a snag. "When we talked about the character one day we had a little problem that we had to figure out on the set," RZA told Movieline. "And it seemed like we were going to have a bad…

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