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

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,

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.