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WhILe most Aussies can’t take off for a trip to the beautiful shores of Thailand just yet, there is at least one local resident making a splash in The Land of Smiles.

Actor Russell Crowe is being described as a “soft power gift” to the country by The Bangkok Post, normalising the notion of mainstream travel resuming.

The NZ-born thespian is in town to shoot a movie, taking advantage of Phuket’s sandbox scheme which allows people to roam the island in quarantine for 14 days before travelling to the rest of Thailand.