Interview conducted by Sharon Knolle |
Sam Elliot has always been a hard-working actor, but he's been in even greater demand over the last year, with roles in I'll See You in My Dreams with Blythe Danner and now Grandma with Lily Tomlin. He's very likely to get some awards love for the latter film, in which he plays an unlikely old flame of Lily's cantankerous main character, Elle.
FOG! talked to Elliott over the phone and asked him about working with Lily, his upcoming appearance on her Netflix series Grace and Frankie and why he's not the voice of “Beef, It's What's for Dinner” anymore.
He was exactly the gruffly modest gentleman you'd expect, not even minding when my dog started barking in the background.
“Oh no, I'm a dog person,” he assured me, going on to ask what kind of dog I have.
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