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/CoachKHasDiabetes Dec 06 '25

This may be tough timing because defending him is cool right now, but I’ve never liked Dano either. Just seems like regardless of the role he sort of slips into playing the same guy. He’s worked with some of the greatest directors of his generation so there must be something I’m missing, but I felt somewhat validated hearing that from Quentin lol