Quentin Tarantino talking about cinema and choosing his 20 favorite films of the 21st century is something worth talking about, but if he also has a very controversial and extreme opinion about one of those titles, it attracts more attention. And in his participation in the podcast Bret Easton Ellisnovelist and author of such works as “American Psycho,” made a great headline about his anger toward an actor for “ruining” a feature film.
In this case, he was the perpetrator Paul Danoof which he forcefully said that he was a “weak, weak, uninteresting man” and that he was the “big flaw” of There Will Be Blood and that this was the reason why it was not his favorite film of the entire 21st century.
Quentin Tarantino attacks actor Paul Dano
existing Quentin Tarantino One of his favorite films of the 21st century has left behind surprises like the fact that No. 1 is “Black Hawk Down.” Ridley ScottOr that “Toy Story 3” sneaks into second place, along with attention-grabbing titles like the top 10 “Midnight in Paris” or Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” closing out his personal ranking.
But what caught most attention was his participation in the podcast Bret Easton Ellis He’s been the reason behind the Wells of Ambition before Paul Thomas Anderson It’s not his favorite movie, because it’s a clear and strong opinion that the actor disagrees with. Paul Dano directly.
“It would have a good chance of being number one or number two if it didn’t have a major flaw… and that flaw is Paul Dano,” Quentin Tarantino was quite candid, finally placing Wells of Ambition at number five due to the actor’s performance as twins Paul and Eli Sunday.
“It’s obviously supposed to be a two-character movie, but it’s also clearly not. (Dano) is lazy, man. He’s lazy,” he declared while comparing his performance to that of Daniel Day-Lewis Like a tanker Daniel PlainviewWhich earned him an Oscar for acting.
Tarantino says Austin Butler would have played a better role
Specifically, the presence of an actor like Day-Lewis is what Ellis, the podcast host, believes does not favor Dano, trying to reduce the hostile tone towards the translator served by Tarantino, who, in addition, is clear about an actor who, in his opinion, would have given a better performance: “Austin Butler, who was 16 years old when the film was shot. Austin Butler He would have been great in this role. “(Dano) is a very weak and boring man.”
Quentin Tarantino’s negative opinion of Paul Dano’s final score in Masterpiece Paul Thomas Anderson It could have been different, since the actor wouldn’t be playing two characters at first, but he had to take over that task after the sacking. Kel O’NeillWho was to play Eli “was not the right candidate,” according to the film’s director.
The negative evaluation does not stop there, and Tarantino continues his attack Paul Dano In his podcast post when he saw him as the “Worst Actor in SAG”: “I don’t like him, I don’t like him, I don’t like him.” Owen Wilson And I don’t like it Matthew LillardHe also adds.