The 125 million dollar budget film"Noah" will open up in theaters everywhere March 28, and star Russell Crowe told ABC News he has had enough of people attacking his upcoming movie.

During an appearance on Wednesday's "Good Morning America," the actor said he did not approach the movie in the sense of portraying a biblical character. He sought out finding the humanity in the character and avoided getting "tangled" up in the "resonance of the story."

"We've had probably over a year now of very harsh criticism from a bunch of people who have put their name and stamp on an opinion that's not even based on the movie or seeing the movie, just an assumption of what it could be or how bad it could be or how wrong it could be in their eyes," he said. "Which I think quite frankly is bordering on absolute stupidity, because now, I think, people are seeing the movie and they're realizing how respectful it is and how potent it is."

The New Zealand actor asserted that the film is a great work of art, as it inspires discussions on important topics.

"You come out of this movie and you want to talk...about our stewardship of the earth, our relationship to animals, what is spirituality, who am I in this world -- all these fantastic subjects for conversation...Art that can do that for people is a wonderful thing," he said.

There were several rumors swirling around that Pope Francis denied a meeting with the Noah crew but Crowe put that to rest. He said he highly appreciated Pope Francis meeting with him, suggesting that he had been invited to do so by the Vatican.

"I think considering the controversy around this movie, it would have been so easy for the Vatican to rescind that invitation and just let it be that way, but the kindness to actually let the invitation stand, I thought it was just so consistent with who he's been," the actor concluded, adding that even though he is not Catholic, he is a big fan of Pope Francis.

Watch the full ABCNews interview here