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Actor Paul Dano responds to Quentin Tarantino’s criticism of him

  • On Jan. 28, Matthew Lillard told Entertainment Weekly he kept showing supportive responses to his wife to reassure himself he is still liked, describing it as `like living through your own wake`.
  • Months ago, Quentin Tarantino said on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast he did not `care for` Matthew Lillard and Owen Wilson and called Paul Dano the `weakest fucking actor in SAG`.
  • Industry figures publicly defended Lillard, with Mike Flanagan calling him `the goddamn greatest`, James Gunn calling him `one of my favorite guys`, and social-media tributes celebrating him alive.
  • The uproar coincides with Lillard's busy slate, including reprising Stu Macher in Scream 7 in theaters Feb. 27 and Find Familiar Spirits releasing Ghost Face Vodka Feb. 9 at $160.
  • At festivals and online, Toni Collette and directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris publicly pushed back against Tarantino while Lillard said at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio, months ago that the remarks `hurt your feelings`.
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Quentin Tarantino publicly insulted Paul Dano in December. He now reacts surprisingly. Actor Paul Dano (41) spoke for the first time about Causa Tarantino. After cult director Quentin Tarantino (62) described him as the "weakest actor of the Screen Actors Guild" in a podcast in December, Dano reacted on the edge of the Sundance Film Festival.In the context of the 20th anniversary of the indie classic "Little Miss Sunshine" Dano was addressed to …

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Quentin Tarantino has a list of the best films of the 21st century and, last December, during his extensive intervention in the podcast of the novelist Bret Easton Ellis, who gave them for two chapters, defended them with vehemence. He did so passionately that when he arrived at Blood Oil (2007) by Paul Thomas Anderson, who placed him in the fifth position of his top 10, he had some harsh words for one of his actors, Paul Dano. According to Tara…

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Entertainment Weekly broke the news in United States on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
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