Overview
- Speaking Friday at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio, Lillard told fans the remark stung, saying, “It hurts your feelings. It f—ing sucks.”
- On The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Quentin Tarantino said he doesn’t care for Matthew Lillard and harshly criticized Paul Dano’s There Will Be Blood performance as “weak,” also naming Owen Wilson.
- Paul Dano has not publicly responded, while collaborators such as The Batman director Matt Reeves posted support on X, calling Dano “an incredible actor, and an incredible person.”
- Lillard contrasted fan reception with industry standing, saying, “I’m very popular in this room. I’m not very popular in Hollywood.”
- Entertainment Weekly reported that representatives for Tarantino did not immediately respond to a request for comment.