Overview
- Quentin Tarantino said on Bret Easton Ellis’s podcast that Paul Dano was the film’s flaw and called him the “weakest” actor in SAG.
- Daniel Day-Lewis responded by sharing scenes from There Will Be Blood and writing that Dano is among the most talented actors of his generation.
- Other Hollywood figures, including Matt Reeves, Ben Stiller, Simu Liu, and Mattson Tomlin, publicly voiced support for Dano.
- Matthew Lillard, mentioned unfavorably by Tarantino on the same podcast, told a GalaxyCon audience that such comments “hurt.”
- It was reported that Dano will join Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz in Florian Zeller’s thriller Bunker.