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“I wasn’t very articulate about it; I didn’t articulate it very well,” he explained. “And I said some things that hurt people, and I feel terrible about that.”
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Representatives for Sam Elliott did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Last month, Elliottdiscussed the Oscar-winning filmCampion, 67, wrote and directed during his appearance on Marc Maron’s podcast.
Likening the look of the “cowboys” in the film to Chippendales dancers, Elliott (who has appeared in many Western-set films and television series) said, “They’re all running around in chaps and no shirts. There’s all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the f—ing movie.”
“Yeah, I thinkthat’s what the movie’s about,” replied host Maron.
Criticizing Campion’s choice of the location to film the movie, the Oscar nominee added, “And why in the f— does she shoot this movie in New Zealand and call it Montana and say, ‘This is the way it was?’ "
Elliott said the filming location “rubbed [him] the wrong way,” along with what he calls the “myth” of “these machomen out there with the cattle.”
“I just come from f—ing Texas where I was hanging out with families — not men, but families. Big, long, extended, multiple-generation families,” he said.
Campionresponded to Elliott’s commentwhile speaking to Deadline last month, saying, “I think it’s really unfortunate and sad for him because he’s really hit the trifecta of misogyny and xenophobia and homophobia.”
“I don’t like that. I think he was being a little bit of a b-i-t-c-h. Plus he’s not a cowboy, he’s an actor,” she concluded.
source: people.com
