Rush is perhaps best known for his role as Captain Hector Barbossa in the movie franchise “Pirates of the Caribbean” and his turn as speech therapist Lionel Logue in the award-winning “The King’s Speech.” He also won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1997 for his portrayal of David Helfgott in “Shine.”ĬNN’s Matthew Robinson and Lauren Said-Moorhouse contributed to this report.

He was previously awarded $850,000 Australian dollars (more than $600,000 USD) in damages during the April ruling. The payout handed down on Thursday was to compensate Rush on financial losses as a result of the defamation, losses which the judge had ruled would continue in the future. She continues to maintain that her claims are true. The co-star concerned, Eryn Jean Norvill, had made the allegations in a private workplace complaint, but later agreed to testify for the paper. “This was a recklessly irresponsible piece of sensational journalism of the worst kind,” Wigney said of two articles published about Rush in 2017. Geoffrey Rush denies allegations of improper conduct with former co-star (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic) Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic/FilmMagic

There's even a princess locked up in a tower, and the bread crumbs through the forest take the form of little mysterious rusty gears, which when put together. NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Yael Stone and Geoffrey Rush pose at the opening night of 'Richard III' on Broadway at The Belasco Theater on Novemin New York City. Giuseppe Tornatore's 'The Best Offer' features the downfall of an uptight main character, played by Geoffrey Rush, led through a symbolic fairy tale forest to his own ruin.

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