Russell Crowe Seranades Pub Staff Before Leaving Them With $990 Tip

Russell Crowe serenaded staff at a Welsh pub before leaving them a Ł600 [$990] tip. The 45-year-old actor - who is in Wales filming his latest movie "Robin Hood" - surprised locals when he took nine friends for a meal at the Carew Inn, near Tenby, last week.

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The party ate mussels and a Jamie Oliver-inspired chicken dish before belting out Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" and Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving On A Jet Plane."

When he had finished singing, Russell paid the $400 bill and returned to his trailer on the movie set, leaving a wad of bills on his table.

A member of staff said: "Now if anyone badmouths him I tell them to shut up. He could have paid and just left but they stayed instead and entertained us."

"Then he paid us that tip - it's the last thing you expect. He seemed quite friendly and chatty like a really nice guy, and he had a great singing voice."

Another staff member added: "It was surreal. When they first got here they sat in the garden but people started trying to sneak around and take pictures of them so they moved inside. Two of them were some kind of bodyguards because they were walking around constantly, it was quite intimidating."

"But later he came into the kitchen and gave us all his autograph and we had a quick chat. Then he gave my boss the tip and they left. We were like, 'Did that just happen?'"