“There Will Be Blood would stand a better chance to be in number 1 or number 2 if it didn’t have a big giant flaw in it, and the flaw is Paul Dano,” he said on the most recent episode of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, noting that he doesn’t think the actor could keep up with Daniel Day-Lewis’ Oscar-winning performance. “Obviously, it’s supposed to be a two-hander, and it’s also so drastically obvious that it’s not a two-hander.”
Tarantino continued to insult Dano’s abilities. “He is weak sauce, man. He’s a weak sister,” he said.
“So you put him with the weakest male actor in SAG?” Tarantino responded. “The limpest dick in the world?”
The filmmaker later clarified, “I’m not saying he’s giving a terrible performance. I’m saying he’s giving a non-entity performance.”
Ellis then asked if Tarantino had ever enjoyed Dano in any project. “I don’t care for him,” the filmmaker responded. “I don’t care for him, I don’t care for Owen Wilson, and I don’t care for Matthew Lillard.”
PTA doesn’t suffer fools. Oscars are coming up and OBAA is definitely getting a nod. If asked about this, he’ll go to bat hard for Dano.
I can’t wait 😂 I love it when other directors call Quentin out on his BS.
And I hope Dano knows he’s a fan favorite and will always be. There’s a reason the likes of Spielberg and PTA chose to cast him, and in every cinephile’s book they’re better directors than Quentin.