Eastwood calls bullshit on Austrian Interview where he assailed lack of originality in Film:
“That Interview Is Entirely Phony”.
Published in the German-language Austrian newspaper Kurier, Eastwood is quoted assailing film remakes, franchises and a general lack of original ideas. While the newspaper only has a circulation around 100,000, the post spread virally. Unfortunately, Deadline was among those publications that aggregated the report, so that reach was much greater.
It’s only fair that Eastwood gets the final word.
Eastwood said in a statement to Deadline:
“A couple of items about me have recently shown up in the news" ....
“I thought I would set the record straight. I can confirm I’ve turned 95. I can also confirm that I never gave an interview to an Austrian publication called Kurier, or any other writer in recent weeks, and that the interview is entirely phony.”
In Finland too, a few decades ago, there were several fake, seemingly credible interviews, including Andy McCoy. One magazine went down a treat when it interviewed “Riitta Uosukainen’s daughter”. The magazine (IL) suspected, in line with the international trend, that it was a case of the Church of Scientology’s retaliation against publications that had critically criticized the cult on their pages.
And here’s the coincidence: Kurier seems to have adopted a critical tone when writing about celebrity Scientologists.
