'Entirely phony': Clint Eastwood calls viral interview a fabrication

The actor and director claims that an Austrian newspaper invented a recent interview with him

Clint Eastwood, who turned 95 over the weekend, had been originally quoted as saying he was in pre-production on his new movie and had rallied against 'an era of remakes and franchises'. File photo: Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP

Clint Eastwood has claimed that a recent interview with him which went viral is a fabrication.

Quotes from an alleged interview with the Oscar-winning actor and director had gone viral over the weekend and were picked up by a number of sites. Yet Mr Eastwood has now said that he never spoke to anyone from German-language Austrian newspaper Kurier.