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Eastwood Slams 'Phony' Austrian Daily Interview
- Clint Eastwood, a 95-year-old acting icon, criticized an Austrian newspaper, Kurier, on June 4, 2025, for publishing a fake interview claiming to feature him.
- The controversy arose after Kurier published a two-page spread framed as a Q&A, although the paper later admitted the quotes came from past roundtable talks, not a new interview.
- Kurier stated no quotes were fabricated and the interviews are documented but cut ties with the author, Elisabeth Sereda, who used a mashup of old quotes dating back decades.
- Eastwood called the interview 'entirely phony' and said, "we live in an era of remakes and franchises," lamenting a lack of fresh ideas in Hollywood while confirming he never granted the interview.
- The episode highlights challenges in media transparency and editorial standards while Eastwood continues directing, with his latest film, Juror #2, released in November 2024.
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A best of quotations would have been declared as such, says editor-in-chief Gebhart. The editor-in-chief had been deceived by the journalist
An interview with Clint Eastwood brings the Austrian newspaper Kurier in need of explanation. Because the interview never took place. It came from old statements by the Hollywood legend. That is Usus, the journalist says. Von W. Vichtl.
Excitement about the Eastwood interview by Elisabeth Sereda: Filmjournalist Mariam Schaghaghi about "Round Tables" with stars and why "Best of" interviews are not common.
The Austrian »Kurier« published talks with film stars, which were made up of old quotations. The reporter defends herself, the industry rages. This is not the first time.
Clint Eastwood Calls Out ‘Entirely Phony’ Article About Him; Writer Responds
A German-language daily newspaper that caught heat for publishing a birthday tribute to Clint Eastwood that included decades-old quotes has issued a statement after it was accused of being fake news. The controversy kicked off earlier this week when Eastwood, 95, referred to the article in Kurier as false. The actor released a statement to Deadline to “set the record straight” and asserted that he “never gave an interview to an Austrian publica…
The editor of Kurier, one of Austria's leading daily newspapers, has explained the circumstances of an "exclusive interview" with Clint Eastwood on his 95th birthday. It turns out that the journalist had pieced together and recycled the director's old statements.
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