Russell Crowe worked with Charlie Allan on movies like Gladiator and Robin Hood [PA Media] An actor and stunt co-ordinator who injured his leg has reached his £25,000 fundraising target for treatment with help from his friend Russell Crowe.

An actor and stunt coordinator who injured his leg has reached his £25,000 fundraising target for treatment with the help of star and friend Russell Crowe. Charlie Allan, 61, from the Scottish Borders, teaches and performs combat in film and television, having worked with Crowe on Gladiator as well as Robin Hood.

A Gladiator stuntman fears he may lose his leg after a horror fall while renovating - prompting Russell Crowe to donate £5,000 for a limb-saving operation. Hollywood stuntman Charlie Allan had been building the front entrance of his garage when he slipped,

Mr Allan asked Crowe to share it but joked the Gladiator star went "against my wishes" when he donated £5,000 as well. He told the PA news agency: "Yeah it was a big surprise because I asked him not to.