Legendary actor Clint Eastwood said a widely circulated interview attributed to him in an Austrian newspaper is fake.

In an interview published by the German-language newspaper Kurier, Eastwood was quoted criticizing film remakes, franchises, and what he sees as a shortage of original storytelling. Although the paper has a relatively modest circulation of about 100,000, the comments quickly went viral, with major outlets picking up the story.

“A couple of items about me have recently shown up in the news,” Eastwood said in a statement to Deadline. “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.”

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