slamming Jane Campion’s Oscar-nominated Western “The Power of the Dog,” the Hollywood actor has also revealed he’s also not a fan of TV’s “Yellowstone” — despite starring in the show’s new prequel, “1883.”Elliott, 77, made the admission during his appearance on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast late last month, saying the wildly popular Western series was too soapy for his liking. “I’m not a ‘Yellowstone’ fan,” Elliott stated. “I don’t watch ‘Yellowstone.’ I love [series star Kevin] Costner.
There are a lot of good people on the cast, a few of them I’ve worked with before. Nothing against any of them, but it’s just too much like f – – king ‘Dallas’ or something for me.”The actor’s disparaging remarks were made in the same interview in which he hit out at “The Power of the Dog” — generating widespread media coverage.Elliott — who has starred in several classic Western movies himself — didn’t hold back when quizzed about Campion’s film, which revolves around a closeted cowboy living in 1920s Montana.“You want to talk about that piece of s–t?” the actor asked, referring to “The Power of the Dog.”Elliott claimed the male actors in the movie looked like Chippendales dancers because they “wear bowties and not much else.”“That’s what all these f–king cowboys in that movie looked like,” the actor fumed. “They’re all running around in chaps and no shirts.
There’s all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the f–king movie.”“Where’s the Western in this Western?” Elliott continued. “I mean, [actor Benedict] Cumberbatch never got out of his f–king chaps.”The actor’s criticisms sparked a harsh response from Campion, who claimed Elliott was not in a position to be criticizing whether something was or wasn’t authentically “Western.”“It.
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