{"id":2186764,"date":"2025-12-04T14:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2186764"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:01:28","slug":"quentin-tarantino-really-hates-paul-dano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/quentin-tarantino-really-hates-paul-dano\/","title":{"rendered":"Quentin Tarantino really hates Paul Dano"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n One would think that with all the criticism around Quentin Tarantino and some of his choices, he\u2019d be the last person to slam someone else in the industry.\n <\/p>\n

\n And one would be wrong.\n <\/p>\n

\n The director recently let loose about his lack of affection for the work of actor Paul Dano.\n <\/p>\n

\n During an appearance on \u201cThe Bret Easton Ellis Podcast,\u201d<\/a> Tarantino mentioned that Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s 2007 film, \u201cThere Will Be Blood,\u201d was his fifth-favorite movie of the 21st century. But, he said, he would have listed it first or second were it not for \u201ca big giant flaw in it, and the flaw is Paul Dano.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Turns out that the acclaimed director didn\u2019t think that Dano, who played two roles in the movie as identical twins Eli and Paul Sunday, was up to sharing the screen with costar Daniel Day-Lewis.\n <\/p>\n

\n For those who find this to be wild commentary coming from a man who may not have gotten much screen time were he not able to cast himself in his own projects, Tarantino doubled down.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cHe is weak sauce, man,\u201d Tarantino said. \u201cHe\u2019s a weak sister.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n So who could have done it better?\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cAustin Butler would have been wonderful in that role,\u201d Tarantino said, adding that Dano is \u201cjust such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n For the record, Butler was 16 years old back then, so there\u2019s that.\n <\/p>\n

\n Anderson might want a word with Tarantino given that he not only cast Dano as Paul Sunday, but actually rewrote the movie to make that character and Eli Sunday identical twins to have Dano play both roles.\n <\/p>\n

\n The character of Paul was a minor role and the one in which Dano had initially been cast.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI remember meeting with Paul on a Thursday, I think it was,\u201d Dano said in 2008 during an interview with Terry Gross. <\/a> \u201cWe looked at some scenes and talked about the part a little bit. He said \u2018I\u2019d like you to do this part\u2019 and they had been filming a little bit.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n It only gave Dano a few days to be able to prepare to play Eli, a boy preacher locked in an intense battle with the oilman. That role was played by Day-Lewis, who had a year to prepare for the role.\n <\/p>\n

\n Much like the conversation around the cult following for Tarantino\u2019s \u201cJackie Brown,\u201d it\u2019s a mystery as to why Anderson pivoted to give Dano the additional part.\n <\/p>\n

\n Dano has been critically acclaimed for not only his turn in \u201cThere Will Be Blood,\u201d but also for his work in other projects including \u201cLittle Miss Sunshine,\u201d and \u201cThe Fabelmans.\u201d celebrity.land has reached out to his reps for comment.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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