Russell Crowe has revealed that for years he was on the receiving end of multiple prank calls from the late pop star, Michael Jackson.

Promoting his directorial debut The Water Diviner in Europe, the 50-year-old Australian actor revealed Michael would relentlessly joke call him in hotel rooms after finding out the pseudonym Russell was using during his stays.

Speaking to The Guardian website, Russell revealed the nuisance calls went on for, ‘two or three f*****g years’.

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Nuisance caller! Russell Crowe has revealed he received multiple prank calls from the late Michael Jackson

Prankster: Michael found out the pseudonym Russell went under while he was staying in hotels and would call

The actor explained he had never met the pop star and had never shaken his hand, but that Michael had somehow discovered which hotels he was staying in and the name he was registered under.

He revealed the singer would prank call him continuously, and giving an example of the kind of jokes the star would start with, Russell recounted: ‘“Is Mr Wall there? Is Mrs Wall there? Are there any Walls there? Then what’s holding the roof up? Ha ha.”'

He added jokingly he thought people were supposed to grow out of making nuisance calls.

Russell was elaborating on a previous admission he had made about the strange calls from the former King of Pop, who died in 2009, as he had made mention to them before during an interview with The Sun in 2013.

His leading lady: Russell has recently been busy promoting The Water Diviner in Europe and was seen attending the Madrid premiere last Thursday with co-star Olga Kurylenko

In that particular interview he revealed: ‘He’d ring me and in a strong voice and say, “There is an emergency and you need to leave the building.”

‘I’d ask, “Who is this?” And he’d say, “Do not worry Russell, just kidding, this is Michael.”’

Full of anecdotes about his life as one of the most highly paid Hollywood actors, Russell also spoke about the time he was targeted by suspected al-Qaeda terrorists, who wanted to kidnap him ahead of the 2001 Oscars.

Explaining to The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis that he still really doesn’t know to this day what it was all about, he said that for nearly two years after the threat the FBI were always there in the background.

Anecdotes: He revealed that when he went to the Golden Globes one year after a security scare in 2001, that he had 16 security guards with him and said people must have been thinking he thought he was 'f******g Elvis'

He revealed when he went to the Golden Globes he had 16 security guards with him.

‘I don’t even know why. They wouldn’t give me any details. And of course, people were like: “Look at him, he thinks he’s f******g Elvis.” And then one day they just weren’t there any more.’

Russell has recently been busy promoting The Water Diviner in Europe and was seen attending the Madrid premiere last Thursday with co-star Olga Kurylenko.

Holding his arm around his 35-year-old former Bond girl co-star, the Australian star was dressed warmly in a long grey coat over a black suit jacket and black shirt unbuttoned at the collar.