Sam Elliott sorry for calling ‘Power of the Dog’ a ‘piece of s–t’: ‘I feel terrible’
nypost.comtrashing Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning Western “The Power of the Dog,” saying he feels terrible for calling the film “a piece of s–t.”The 77-year-old actor offered up the mea culpa on Sunday, more than a month after making disparaging comments about the flick on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast. “First, don’t go do a podcast whose call letters are WTF,” Elliott joked during Deadline’s Contenders TV event on Sunday.
He went on to claim that “The Power of the Dog actually “struck a chord” with him. “I told the ‘WTF’ podcaster [Maron] that I thought Jane Campion was a brilliant director, and I want to apologize to the cast of ‘The Power of the Dog.’ Brilliant actors all,” Elliott declared. “And in particular Benedict Cumberbatch.
I can only say that I’m sorry and I am. I am.”On the “WTF” podcast, 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 offensively asked.
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.
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