Sam Elliott Apologizes for Antigay, Sexist Power of the Dog Rant
homophobic comments he made about the acclaimed movie The Power of the Dog.On the WTF With Marc Maron podcast March 1, veteran actor Elliott called the film a “piece of shit” and said star Benedict Cumberbatch’s conflicted gay character in the 1920s-set Western drama resembled a Chippendales dancer. “That’s what all these fucking cowboys in that movie look like.
They’re all running around in chaps and no shirts,” Elliott said. “There’s all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the fucking movie.”Elliott was asked about the rant Sunday when appearing on a panel promoting his drama series 1883, now streaming on Paramount+.
At the Contenders TV event, sponsored by news website Deadline, he began his answer by saying, half-jokingly, “First, don’t do a podcast with the call letters WTF.” “I told the WTF podcaster that I thought Jane Campion was a brilliant director, and I want to apologize to the cast of The Power of the Dog, brilliant actors all,” he continued in video posted by Deadline. “And in particular Benedict Cumberbatch.
I can only say that I’m sorry and I am. I am.”“In trying to tell the WTF guy how I felt about the film, I wasn’t very articulate about it.
