Benedict Cumberbatch is reacting in a very British manner to American actor Sam Elliott calling his movie “The Power of the Dog” “that piece of s—.” Without naming names, the best actor Oscar nominee called Elliott’s reaction “very odd.”
“Someone ... really took offense [at] the West being portrayed in this way,” Cumberbatch said in a BAFTA Film Sessions interview that streamed Saturday.
He noted that he was reluctant to comment in detail because he hadn’t yet heard the episode of the “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast and said he didn’t want to “stir over the ashes” of the story. He proceeded to comment anyway.
