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Vicky Jessop

Sam Elliott apologises for controversial comments on The Power of the Dog

US actor Sam Elliott has found himself in hot water after calling Jane Campion’s Oscar-nominated film The Power of the Dog a “piece of s*** Western”.

The 77-year-old, who has been acting for more than fifty years, insulted the film in February, telling Marc Maron’s WTF podcast that he the cowboys portrayed in the film looked like Chippendale dancers and that they never took off their chaps.

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