{"id":444457,"date":"2026-01-29T05:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444457\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T05:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:18:11","slug":"incredibly-grateful-the-world-spoke-up-for-me-so-i-didnt-have-to-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444457\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Incredibly Grateful the World Spoke Up for Me So I Didn’t Have To’ (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor Paul Dano<\/a> has finally spoken out after Quentin Tarantino<\/a> dissed his performance<\/a> in Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s seminal 2007 film \u201cThere Will Be Blood<\/a>.\u201d Tarantino also called Dano \u2014 himself an Emmy, Golden Globe and Indie Spirit Award nominee \u2014 the \u201cweakest fucking actor in SAG.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead of a 20th anniversary screening of \u201cLittle Miss Sunshine\u201d at this year\u2019s Sundance<\/a> Film Festival, Dano was asked about Tarantino\u2019s comment but was beat to the punch by co-star Toni Collette, who said: \u201cAre we really going there? Fuck that guy! He must\u2019ve been high\u2026 it was just confusing. Who does that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dano never commented publicly on Tarantino\u2019s diss and said all of the tributes to his work that poured in across social media spoke for themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was really nice,\u201d Dano told Vairety. \u201cI was also incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me so I didn\u2019t have to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle Miss Sunshine\u201d directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris also weighed in the Tarantino controversy. Dayton called Tarantino\u2019s remarks an \u201cembarrassment,\u201d adding: \u201cI can only think that his rawness of his performance made Tarantino uncomfortable. He couldn\u2019t be easily filed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faris noted, \u201cYou know what was interesting was the people coming out to defend Paul. There was immediately\u2026 he is loved by so many. He is so smart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tarantino ignited a firestorm <\/a>almost two months ago, appearing on Brett Easton Ellis\u2019 podcast to discuss his ranking of the best movies of the 21st century. The director revealed he would have chosen \u201cThere Will Be Blood\u201d as his first or second pick but Dano\u2019s performance, in his opinion, pushed it to fifth on his list.<\/p>\n

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\u201cObviously, it\u2019s supposed to be a two-hander. But it\u2019s also drastically obvious that it\u2019s not a two-hander,\u201d Tarantino told Ellis, referencing Dano and the film\u2019s lead Daniel Day Lewis. \u201c[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\u2019s just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy. Daniel Day-Lewis shows that he doesn\u2019t need a strong foil. The movie needs it. He doesn\u2019t need anything. It\u2019s supposed to be a two-hander and it\u2019s not! \u2026 you put him with the the weakest fucking actor in SAG? The limpest dick in the world?\u201d<\/p>\n

Tarantino then threw shade and two other performers, saying \u201cI don\u2019t care\u201d for Owen Wilson or Matthew Lillard either as actors. Lillard reacted to the diss<\/a> at December\u2019s GalaxyCon saying \u201cit hurts your feelings. It fucking sucks. And you wouldn\u2019t say that to Tom Cruise. You wouldn\u2019t say that to somebody who\u2019s a top-line actor in Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tarantino\u2019s candidness instantly backfired, resulting in an outpouring of industry and fan support for Dano and his talents \u2014 including a knock from George Clooney, who accepted a prize <\/a>from AARP earlier this year and said that he \u201cwould be honored to work with\u201d Dano and the other actors Tarantino dissed.<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle Miss Sunshine\u201d will host a 20th anniversary screening here in Park City on Wednesday night, a remarkable run as a box office hit and Oscar winner that redefined what indie film success could look like. Stay tuned to Variety for more coverage from the event.<\/p>\n

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