Russell Crowe wants you to know that his process of preparing for a role is not interesting. At all. Everyone always asks him about it. (Don’t ask him about it.)

But let’s suppose you did. Was it not difficult getting inside the head of Roger Ailes, a man who, as the mastermind behind Fox News, was just as reviled as revered? A man accused of legitimizing racist conspiracy theories and sexually harassing multiple women?

Maybe. But that’s the wrong question, too. You probably already have your opinions about Ailes, the central figure in Showtime’s new limited series “The Loudest Voice.” Crowe, who plays him, isn’t so interested in those, either. He has his own.

One is that Ailes — conservative bulldog, kingmaker, defender of Christmas — was more complicated than his enemies gave him credit for.