Benedict Cumberbatch Squares Off With Sam Elliott
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch just can’t seem to get past his beef with Sam Elliott. The actor not-so-subtly referenced the veteran actor twice while hosting Saturday Night Live.
The feud started after Elliott went viral for saying that Cumberbatch’s Oscar losing film “The Power of the Dog” was a “piece of sh*t,” along with several other hilarious comments. Elliott later apologized for his comments, but not before the film’s director and stars had used the media virality to draw attention to the terrible Western.
During his SNL opening monologue on Saturday, Cumberbatch joked that the writers mostly pitched him sketches on “Dr. Strange,” his latest movie, but Cumberbatch told them that he’d “been in other films.” “The Power of The Dog,” and joked that the writers said, “nobody saw it.”
“I said, come on, man, I was nominated for an Oscar for that. I mean, I didn’t win,” Cumberbatch said, “I was beaten by Will Smith. No, not physically!”
Cumberbatch also portrayed Elliott in a subsequent sketch entitled “Blue Bunny.” Cumberbatch’s character In the sketch is an older American man with a deep drawl, firm beliefs, and a strong resemblance to Elliott — mustache and all.