A viral Clint Eastwood interview that gained attention over the past week, in which the 95-year-old star and director criticized Hollywood's "era of remakes and franchises," has been debunked by the director,

An earlier version of this article was published on June 2. It has been updated with statements from the interview’s author and publisher.

Eastwood, 95, accused a small Austrian publication of running a “phony” Q. and A. with him. It turns out the quotes were aggregated from previous interviews.