Following Quentin Tarantino’s criticism of his portrayal in Paul Thomas Anderson’s groundbreaking 2007 film “There Will Be Blood,” actor Paul Dano has now spoken out. Dano was also referred to by Tarantino as the “weakest fucking actor in SAG.”
When Dano was questioned about Tarantino’s remark before a 20th anniversary screening of “Little Miss Sunshine” at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, co-star Toni Collette said,
“Are we really going there? Fuck that guy! He must’ve been high… it was just confusing. Who does that?”
Dano claimed that all of the plaudits to Tarantino’s insult flooded social media spoke for themselves. He never publicly addressed his disparaging remarks.
“That was really nice,” Dano said to Variety. “I was also incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me so I didn’t have to.”
The directors of “Little Miss Sunshine,” Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, also contributed to the Tarantino fiasco. “I can only think that his rawness of his performance made Tarantino uncomfortable. He couldn’t be easily filed.” Dayton said, referring to Tarantino’s comments as an “embarrassment.” He couldn’t be easily filed.
“You know what was interesting was the people coming out to defend Paul,” said Faris. “There was immediately… he is loved by so many. He is so smart.”
Tarantino’s remarks that caused a stir in the past were as follows: “[Dano] is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister. [Daniel] is eating him [alive]. Austin Butler would have been wonderful in that role. He’s just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy. Daniel Day-Lewis shows that he doesn’t need a strong foil. The movie needs it. He doesn’t need anything. It’s supposed to be a two-hander and it’s not! … you put him with the the weakest fucking actor in SAG? The limpest dick in the world?”
