Quentin Tarantino has strongly criticized Paul Dano’s ‘weak’ and ‘uninteresting’ performance in There will be blood.
During a performance op The Bret Easton Ellis Podcastthe Pulp Fiction filmmaker revealed his ten favorite films of the 21st century, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 epic period drama coming in at number five.
He then claimed he would have placed it higher if it weren’t for Dano, who he thought couldn’t keep up with Daniel Day-Lewis’ Oscar-winning performance.
“There will be blood would have a better chance of being No. 1 or No. 2 if there isn’t a major mistake in it, and that mistake is Paul Dano,” he said. Entertainment weekly.
“It’s so clear that it has to be a two-hander, and it’s also so clear that it’s not a two-hander,” he added.
Tarantino continued to insult Dano, calling him a “weaksauce” and “just such a weak, feeble, uninteresting guy.”
American psychopath author Ellis defended the actor, insisting it would be “impossible” to keep up with Day-Lewis’ “gigantic” performance as ruthless oil baron Daniel Plainview.
“So you put him with the weakest male actor in SAG? The limpest dick in the world?’ Tarantino argued, adding, “I’m not saying he gives a terrible performance. I say he gives a non-entity performance.”
He added that his Once upon a time in Hollywood star Austin Butler is said to have been “great” as preacher Eli Sunday, even though he was only a teenager when the film was made.
When Ellis asked Tarantino if he liked other Dano performances, Quentin Tarantino responded, “I don’t care about him…I don’t care about him, I don’t care about Owen Wilson, and I don’t care about Matthew Lillard.”
