{"id":346446,"date":"2025-12-13T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/346446\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:44:10","slug":"ryan-reynolds-recruits-matthew-lillard-for-new-advert-after-quentin-tarantinos-criticism-of-the-scooby-doo-star-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/346446\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reynolds recruits Matthew Lillard for new advert after Quentin Tarantino\u2019s criticism of the Scooby-Doo star"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ryan Reynolds<\/a> has recruited Matthew Lillard<\/a> to star in an advertisement for his Mint Mobile brand in the wake of Quentin Tarantino\u2019s disparaging comments about the Scooby-Doo actor.<\/a><\/p>\n

Last weekend, Lillard admitted it \u201cf***ing sucks\u201d that the Pulp Fiction writer director had shared a public criticism of him during a controversial podcast appearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Oscar-winning writer and director made a number of remarks about Lillard <\/a>and fellow actors Paul Dano and Owen Wilson, during an interview on the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast.<\/p>\n

The new advert for Mint Mobile makes reference to the controversy. In a voiceover, Reynolds can be heard saying: \u201cThere are only two things that are universally loved: saving money and beloved actor Matthew Lillard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lillard responds: \u201cOh! I appreciate it. It\u2019s not unanimous, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

Reynolds continues: \u201cOkay, there\u2019s only one thing that\u2019s universally loved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"RyanRyan Reynolds has recruited Matthew Lillard for a new advert after Quentin Tarantino\u2019s disparaging remarks (Getty)<\/p>\n

A recent TikTok showed Lillard telling fans at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio: \u201cQuentin Tarantino this week said he didn\u2019t like me as an actor,\u201d prompting boos from the audience.<\/p>\n

The actor, known for roles in the slasher film Scream, as Shaggy in the live-action Scooby-Doo movies and in hit series such as NBC\u2019s Good Girls, added: \u201cEh, whatever. Who gives a s***.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s <\/a>star continued: \u201cThe point is that it hurts your feelings. It f***ing 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, 62, reserved particular venom for Dano, while ranking Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s There Will Be Blood \u2013 in which Dano stars opposite Daniel Day Lewis \u2013 among the best films of the 21st century.<\/p>\n

The director said the movie \u201cwould stand a better chance to be in number one or number two if it didn\u2019t have a big giant flaw in it\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the flaw is Paul Dano,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, it\u2019s supposed to be a two-hander, and it\u2019s also so drastically obvious that it\u2019s not a two-hander\u2026 He is weak sauce, man. He\u2019s a weak sister.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[Dano] is such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy,\u201d he added. \u201cThe weakest f***ing actor in [the Screen Actors Guild].\u201d<\/p>\n

He later added Lillard and Wilson to his list of actors he dislikes: \u201cI\u2019m not saying [Dano is] giving a non-entity performance]. I don\u2019t care for him. I don\u2019t care for Owen Wilson. I don\u2019t care for Matthew Lillard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to his audience, Lillard remarked that he was \u201cvery popular in this room. I\u2019m not very popular in Hollywood\u2026 two totally different microcosms, right? And so, you know, it\u2019s humbling and it hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tarantino\u2019s comments sparked widespread criticism among film fans as well as filmmaker Matt Reeves<\/a>, who directed Dano as the Riddler in The Batman.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul Dano is an incredible actor, and an incredible person,\u201d Reeves stated simply on X, shortly after Tarantino\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-346446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}