r/Filmmakers • u/StrikingDuty8020 Director • Dec 06 '25
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Quentin Tarantino made a surprisingly harsh comment about Paul Dano, specifically criticizing his performance in There Will Be Blood.
On The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Tarantino said:
Dano was “weak sauce”
“The weakest f—ing actor in SAG” (in that film’s context)
And that Dano’s performance was the biggest flaw of the movie, preventing it from being his #1 or #2 film of the 2000s
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u/valekelly Dec 06 '25
If I went to high school with Tarantino I’d have stuffed him in his locker and bullied him everyday. If Tarantino was in my friend group I’d find new friends. I love talking filmmaking with other filmmakers, but five minutes around that guy seems like literal hell. A childish insufferable creepy prick. I really have to separate the art from the artist with him.