When moustachioed septuagenarian cowboy Sam Elliott turned his six shooters on Jane Campion’s Western drama The Power of the Dog recently, branding the film a “piece of s***”, his comments sent shockwaves through Hollywood.
It wasn’t just the fact that Elliott was unusually blunt in his criticisms, it was that working actors can usually be relied upon to abide by an industry-wide omertà when it comes to criticising other people’s work.
