{"id":336077,"date":"2025-12-10T04:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336077\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T04:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:45:08","slug":"beloved-actor-responds-to-tarantinos-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336077\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Actor Responds To Tarantino&#8217;s Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Matthew Lillard vulnerably responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/quentin-tarantino\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Quentin Tarantino\u2019s\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69385161e4b0447a52b8718b\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/quentin-tarantino\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quentin Tarantino\u2019s<\/a> out-of-nowhere insult over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>The beloved actor was on the receiving end of the famed director\u2019s random call-out during an appearance on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/breteastonellispodcast\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69385161e4b0447a52b8718b\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/breteastonellispodcast\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast<\/a>\u201d earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>While Tarantino directed most of his vitriol at Paul Dano, whom he called \u201cthe weakest fucking actor in SAG\u201d and \u201cthe limpest dick in the world,\u201d he then lumped in two other people. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care for him, I don\u2019t care for Owen Wilson, and I don\u2019t care for Matthew Lillard,\u201d Tarantino added. <\/p>\n<p>Lillard responded over the weekend, while making an appearance at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img landscape\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"Matthew Lillard pictured during the 2023 Comic-Con International: San Diego at San Diego Convention Center on July 20, 2023. \" width=\"720\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/693866ef260000ca88836912.jpeg\" \/>Matthew Lillard pictured during the 2023 Comic-Con International: San Diego at San Diego Convention Center on July 20, 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea Guglielmino via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuentin Tarantino this week said he didn\u2019t like me as an actor,\u201d Lillard said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@little_spooks\/video\/7580649267354717471?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C121860360%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.buzzfeed.com%2Flarryfitzmaurice%2Fmatthew-lillard-responds-to-tarantino-acting-criticism%3Forigin%3Dnofil&amp;referer_video_id=7580649267354717471\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"now-viral TikTok video,\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69385161e4b0447a52b8718b\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@little_spooks\/video\/7580649267354717471?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C121860360%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.buzzfeed.com%2Flarryfitzmaurice%2Fmatthew-lillard-responds-to-tarantino-acting-criticism%3Forigin%3Dnofil&amp;referer_video_id=7580649267354717471\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">now-viral TikTok video,<\/a> as the crowd began to boo Tarantino. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hurts your feelings,\u201d the \u201cScooby Doo\u201d actor said, adding that \u201cit fucking sucks.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wouldn\u2019t say that to Tom Cruise. He wouldn\u2019t say that to somebody who\u2019s a top-line actor in Hollywood,\u201d the 55-year-old added. \u201cI\u2019m very popular in this room. I\u2019m not very popular in Hollywood. Two totally different microcosms. So it\u2019s humbling, and it hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many actors and directors have come to both Dano and Lillard\u2019s defense after Tarantino\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>James Gunn, who has directed Lillard in the past, posted in support of the actor on Threads on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a few photos over the years with one of my favorite guys (and actors) @matthewlillard,\u201d he wrote. \u201cNo reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Matthew Lillard vulnerably responded to Quentin Tarantino\u2019s out-of-nowhere insult over the weekend. 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