Javier Bardem [New York Times Style Magazine]

Can you find a causative structure in Mr Bardem’s speech ?

Let me know ;>)

 

Bardem on back foot after ‘NYT’ interview

 

Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem went into damage-limitation mode yesterday in an attempt to rectify what he says are “erroneous” claims that he insulted the Spanish in an interview with The New York Times. Bardem was quoted as saying that the Spanish public accuses him of having “sold out,” something that makes him want to say: “Stop it —you’re a bunch of stupid people.” Widespread negative reporting of his comments saw him release a statement yesterday saying that he had “never insulted the Spanish people” and that the misunderstanding came from “an erroneous interpretation of my statements.”

         Bardem went on to say that he was referring to a small group of people who “constantly attacked my work” and that he felt “respect and gratitude to the great majority of my countrymen    www.elpais.com     SEPTEMBER  11, 2008

 

IDIOM:

If you are on your back foot, you are at a disadvantage and forced to be defensive of your position.

on the back foot

1. forced into a defensive posture