Paul Dano has lastly responded to Quentin Tarantino’s shocking feedback on the actor being one of many “weakest” stars in Hollywood.
Throughout an look on the Sundance Movie Competition for the twentieth anniversary of his movie Little Miss Sunshine, Dano was requested by Selection about Tarantino‘s feedback. Earlier than he may reply, his co-star Toni Collette, who was additionally there, jumped in to defend Dano.
“Are we actually going there? F–okay that man! He should’ve been excessive,” stated Collette. “It was simply complicated. Who does that?”
Dano stated it was good of Collette to do this, and that he was additionally “extremely grateful that the world spoke up for me so I didn’t must.” Within the months since Tarantino’s feedback, a number of actors got here to the protection of Dano and criticized the legendary director’s remarks.
Little Miss Sunshine administrators Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris additionally took to Dano’s protection. Dayton known as Tarantino’s feedback an “embarrassment,” whereas Faris famous that perhaps Tarantino was made “uncomfortable” by Dano’s “rawness” in There Will Be Blood. “You realize what was attention-grabbing was the folks popping out to defend Paul. There was instantly… he’s liked by so many. He’s so sensible,” stated Faris.
Dano and the opposite’s feedback check with some less-than-kind issues Tarantino stated about Dano whereas on The Bret Easton Ellis podcast in December. Particularly, Tarantino criticized Dano’s look in 2007’s There Will Be Blood. The director known as Dano “simply such a weak, weak, uninteresting man,” and cited Dano because the singular flaw in what many consider to be a masterpiece film, and requested why Daniel Day-Lewis was paired with who Quentin believes is “the weakest male actor in SAG.”
Tarantino additionally title dropped each Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard as actors he didn’t like. “I don’t look after [Paul Dano], I don’t look after Owen Wilson, and I don’t look after Matthew Lillard,” Quentin stated.
Whereas talking at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio final yr, Lillard reacted to the feedback, noting that it “sucks” to listen to. “Quentin Tarantino this week stated he didn’t like me as an actor,” the Scream actor stated, “Eh, no matter. Who provides a s***.”
“Hear, the purpose is that hurts your emotions. It f***in’ sucks,” Lilard stated about Tarantino’s criticisms, “And also you wouldn’t say that to Tom Cruise. You wouldn’t say that to someone who’s a top-line actor in Hollywood.”
(Supply: Selection)
