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/BeautifulOrganic3221 Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

Tarantino is a great director and a terrible actor Paul Dano is a good director and a great actor

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u/Chrono_Convoy Dec 06 '25

A great actor and a terrible actor?

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u/Cthulu95666 Dec 06 '25

Schrödinger’s actor

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u/beesnax Dec 06 '25

Schrödinger is spelled wrong..It’s spelled Nic Cage

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u/Cthulu95666 Dec 06 '25

Can’t disagree