In an expletive laden rant, the veteran actor tore into ‘The Power of the Dog’ for its pandering to a woke audience.
Sam Elliott, best known for his iconic mustache and his numerous roles in gritty Westerns, has aimed his sights on the Oscar-nominated drama “The Power of the Dog” for its portrayal of homosexual cowboys, calling the movie “a piece of s***” for its pandering to woke narratives.
In an interview with Marc Maron’s podcast “WTF Podcast,” Elliott, who has portrayed the likes of Virgil Earp (“Tombstone,” 1993) and General John Buford (“Gettysburg,” 1993) and currently plays Shae Brennon in the gritty “Yellowstone” prequel “1883,” aired his anger at the award-nominated Netflix movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
Elliott, who is an outspoken libertarian, said: “You want to talk about that piece of s***?”
The exchange was transcribed by the Daily Wire. It went as follows:
Maron: Did you see Power of the Dog? Did you watch that movie?
Elliott: Yeah. Do you want to talk about that piece of s***?
Maron: You didn’t like that one?
Elliott: F*** no.
Maron: Okay. Why?
Elliott: I’ll tell you why. I read a f***ing — I didn’t like it anyway; I looked at it when I was down there in Texas doing 1883; and what really brought it home to me the other day when I said to you “Do you want to talk about it”— there was a f***ing full-page ad out in the LA Times and there was a review — not a review but a —
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