The “Big Lebowski” narrator added that despite being a “brilliant director,” the New Zealand-born Campion was unfit to direct a flick set in Montana in the early 20th century. “It’s like, what the f – – k?” Kirsten Dunst in “The Power of the Dog.” AP And every f – – king time he would walk in from somewhere - he never was on a horse, maybe once - he’d walk into the f – – king house, storm up the f – – king stairs, go lay in his bed in his chaps and play his banjo,” he said. “He had two pairs of chaps - a woolly pair and a leather pair. “I mean, Cumberbatch never got out of his f – – king chaps. “Where’s the Western in this Western?” Elliott asked.
There’s all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the f – – king movie.”Īt that point, Maron informed Elliott that those themes are “what the movie is about,” whereupon the “Road House” actor doubled down on his remarks. “They’re all running around in chaps and no shirts. “That’s what all these f – – king cowboys in that movie looked like,” the Oscar nominee ranted. Nonetheless, Elliott took umbrage with the film’s characters, who he analogized to Chippendales dancers “who wear bowties and not much else.” “They’re all running around in chaps and no shirts,” Sam Elliott ranted. “You want to talk about that piece of s – – t?” the 77-year-old “Tombstone” star sputtered when asked for his thoughts about the provocative Netflix movie, which is a contender for the Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards.įor the uninitiated, the much-praised “The Power of the Dog” stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a closeted gay rancher in 1925 Montana who’s abusive toward his new sister-in-law and her son. The “1883” actor dropped the shocking bombshell during a recent appearance on Marc Maron’s “WTF Podcast,” Entertainment Weekly reported. Western film icon Sam Elliott is being spit-roasted online after railing on Jane Campion’s 12-time Oscar-nominated drama “The Power of the Dog” for including “allusions to homosexuality” and other LGBTQ themes. Hair of the Quahog: Sam Elliott joins ‘Family Guy’ as new mayor ‘Yellowstone’ prequel ‘1883’ is cut from the same riveting dramatic cloth Sam Elliott is no ‘Yellowstone’ fan: It’s ‘too much’ like ‘Dallas’ Sam Elliott sorry for calling ‘Power of the Dog’ a ‘piece of s–t’: ‘I feel terrible’