Paul Dano Breaks Silence On Quentin Tarantino’s Harsh Criticism Of Him

Actor Paul Dano has lastly responded after Quentin Tarantino criticized his efficiency in 2007’s There Will Be Blood.

Throughout a now-infamous podcast dialogue the place Tarantino verbally attacked a number of actors, together with Dano. He declared him the “weakest f***ing actor in SAG.” In an interview with Selection on the Sundance Movie Pageant, Dano was requested about these remarks. Nevertheless, his Little Miss Sunshine co-star Toni Collette jumped in first, defending her colleague by stating that the Pulp Fiction director’s feedback had been ridiculous and that he will need to have been confused when he mentioned that.

Are we actually going there? F*** that man! He should’ve been excessive… it was simply complicated. Who does that?

Dano did not touch upon the insults that had been hurled at him by the director. Nevertheless, he expressed his gratitude to his followers and colleagues, all of whom spoke out towards Tarantino, so he did not must. The huge quantity of people that defended his appearing expertise was very touching.

That was very nice. I used to be additionally extremely grateful that the world spoke up for me, so I didn’t must.

Little Miss Sunshine administrators Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris additionally addressed the controversy. Dayton described Tarantino’s remarks as embarrassing. He added that perhaps he simply did not perceive the character as a result of he was too difficult, and that is why he did not respect Dano’s efficiency in There Will Be Blood. He acknowledged, “I can solely suppose that his rawness of his efficiency made Tarantino uncomfortable. He couldn’t be simply filed.”

Farris mentioned that she was impressed and completely satisfied to see how many individuals stepped as much as defend Dano. She additionally praised the actor’s intelligence and expressed how beloved he’s within the business. “ what was attention-grabbing was the individuals popping out to defend Paul. There was instantly… he’s beloved by so many. He’s so good.“

Dano was simply one of many many casualties of Tarantino’s assault on the leisure business two months in the past throughout an look on Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast. Whereas discussing his favourite movies of the twenty first century, he harshly criticized a number of actors. Though he mentioned There Will Be Blood was on his checklist, it might have ranked increased if Dano’s efficiency was higher.