Overview
- Speaking before a 20th‑anniversary Little Miss Sunshine screening at Sundance, Paul Dano said he was grateful others “spoke up” for him after Quentin Tarantino’s December remarks.
- Toni Collette cut off a question about the flap to defend Dano, saying of Tarantino, “F*** that guy! He must’ve been high… it was just confusing.”
- Little Miss Sunshine directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris called Tarantino’s comments an embarrassment and suggested Dano’s raw performance may have unsettled him.
- On The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Tarantino called Dano “weak sauce,” the “weakest f***ing actor in SAG,” and the “big giant flaw” in There Will Be Blood, remarks that quickly went viral.
- High‑profile figures including George Clooney, Ben Stiller, Matt Reeves, Reese Witherspoon, Simu Liu, and others publicly praised Dano, as Tarantino’s jabs at Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard also drew responses.