Russell Crowe thinks his youngest son wants to be an actor.

The 'Robin Hood' star - who has boys Charles, six, and three-year-old Tennyson with wife Danielle Spencer - insists he would never try to force his children into following in his footsteps but thinks at least one of them may want to.

He said: "Tennyson does have that natural flash in his eyes. If it's in their blood when they grow up then I'm fine for either of my kids to act. I don't want to force them into it or put them in a situation where they feel they have to do it because they think that's how they are going to get daddy's approval."

Singer-and-actress Danielle recently admitted she took a complete career break to look after the children to give them stability while Russell was away filming so much.

She said: "We were moving around so much as a family, I wanted to be the security in my child's life. I didn't want to be flitting off and doing stuff when he was so young. Then I fell pregnant with my second and so that whole process started again. Like a lot of mothers, I had a lot of guilt about the thought of doing my own thing."