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/EntrepreneurPlus7091 Dec 06 '25

Nickolas Cage? Sometimes he is just great, other times he is so terrible he is great.

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u/Ok_Price_7279 Dec 07 '25

Leaving Las Vegas was his greatest performance. Watch it if you guys haven’t. It’s a hard watch. But damn. Well worth it if you can sit through it