Sam Elliott took “The Power of the Dog” personally. And not in a good way.
Calling the Jane Campion movie “a piece of s—" on comic Marc Maron’s podcast Monday, the 77-year-old “A Star Is Born” actor — who has been doing Westerns for the bulk of his career — pulled no punches and gave quite a few f—s as he discussed the most-nominated film at this year’s Oscars.
Elliott said he hadn’t liked the film anyway, but then saw a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times with a review blurb that said “The Power of the Dog” was — in the actor’s words — “an evisceration of the American myth.” That comment really fried him.