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Quentin Tarantino has said There Will Be Blood could person been his favourite movie of the 21st period if “weak sauce” histrion Paul Dano wasn’t successful it.
The Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs writer and manager appeared connected The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast to uncover his 20 favourite films of the 21st century. He picks Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down astatine fig one, but it’s his comments astir his fig 5 pick, There Will Be Blood, that person acceptable the net connected fire.
Tarantino said There Will Be Blood mightiness person been his apical pick, if it weren’t for Paul Dano, who helium described arsenic the film’s “giant flaw.” Dano was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for playing identical twins Paul and Eli Sunday successful Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 play play There Will Be Blood.
Here’s the punctuation successful full, arsenic confirmed by Deadline:
“Daniel Day-Lewis. The old-style craftsmanship prime to the film. It had an aged Hollywood craftsmanship without trying to beryllium similar that. It was the lone movie he’s ever done, and I brought it up to him, that doesn’t person a acceptable piece. The occurrence is the closest to a acceptable piece. This was astir dealing with the narrative, dealing with the story, and helium did it f***ing amazingly. There Will Be Blood would basal a bully accidental astatine being fig 1 oregon fig 2 if it didn’t person a big, elephantine flaw successful it … and the flaw is Paul Dano. Obviously, it’s expected to beryllium a two-hander, but it’s besides drastically evident that it’s not a two-hander. [Dano] is anemic sauce, man. He is the anemic sister. Austin Butler would person been fantastic successful that role. He’s conscionable specified a weak, weak, uninteresting guy. The weakest f***ing histrion successful SAG [laughs].”
Bret Easton Ellis, who wrote 1991 caller American Psycho, suggested Dano faced an intolerable task keeping up with Daniel Day-Lewis' Oscar-winning performance. "Daniel Day-Lewis besides makes it intolerable to marque it a two-hander due to the fact that determination are aspects of that show that are truthful gargantuan," helium said.
Tarantino countered: "So you enactment him with the weakest antheral histrion successful SAG? The limpest dick successful the world?" Later, helium clarified his position, insisting: "I'm not saying he's giving a unspeakable performance. I'm saying he's giving a non-entity performance." But Tarantino’s feelings connected Dano are clear: "I don't attraction for him," helium said. "I don't attraction for him, I don't attraction for Owen Wilson, and I don't attraction for Matthew Lillard."
After Tarantino’s comments deed the internet, fans moved to support Dano’s show successful There Will Be Blood, pointing retired the discourse surrounding his role. Dano, who was lone 23 years aged erstwhile helium was formed successful the film, was primitively lone acceptable to play the member Paul, but took implicit some the duplicate roles 2 weeks aft filming began erstwhile the histrion primitively formed arsenic Eli, Kel O’Neill, was fired due to the fact that Paul Thomas Anderson decided helium “wasn’t the close fit.”
Quentin Tarantino could not beryllium much incorrect astir Paul Dano if helium tried. I’m not present to “cancel” Tarantino conscionable due to the fact that I deliberation his sentiment is incredibly stupid. Like each of us, QT is entitled to his opinion. But his movie takes person been horrible lately. Like embarrassingly bad. pic.twitter.com/8JsdCvWKdd
— Cinema Tweets (@CinemaTweets1) December 3, 2025Tarantino's connection connected Paul Dano is incorrect connected truthful galore levels. He holds himself beardown other a fable similar DDL (dare I accidental amended that Leo successful Gangs of New York even) helium crafts affluent quality but besides 2 antithetic characters. It's 1 of the large performances. It truly is. pic.twitter.com/Huf4mblCld
— Sarah💫🌸 (@mademoisellee_s) December 2, 2025Dano aboriginal spoke astir the trouble helium faced adding this other relation with precise small clip to prepare. "On There Will Be Blood I was formed astatine the past minute," helium said successful an interrogation with Indiewire. "I had 3 1/2 to 4 days to get acceptable for the archetypal day. That was conscionable guts and instinct, not a batch of preparation." Dano went connected to person captious acclaim for his roles successful 12 Years a Slave and Prisoners, and won plaudits for his portrayal of supervillain Riddler successful 2022’s The Batman.
Daniel Day-Lewis was besides afloat of praise of his co-star successful a BBC interrogation up of the film's release, saying:
"Actually, erstwhile we formed the movie primitively we formed idiosyncratic other successful the portion of Eli and we changeable for 3 oregon 4 weeks with a antithetic actor. But it didn't enactment retired for a fig of reasons. It's the lone juncture successful my beingness that, during the people of a portion of work, we had to re-cast and re-shoot worldly which I wouldn't privation connected anybody. Paul was already contracted to play the portion of Paul, and we'd each considered him for Eli already, truthful it seemed similar an evident choice. He flew retired to what helium thought would beryllium 1 of his scenes arsenic Paul and we asked him what helium thought astir besides playing Eli and helium ne'er went location again. He had 2 days to hole for the part. He came retired connected a Friday evening and we were shooting scenes connected Monday with him. And I curse to God connected acceptable that time helium was a recognisable, afloat formed character. I situation accidental helium was somewhat unsettled successful himself, but you wouldn't person guessed it. He was conscionable close there."
Tarantino, meanwhile, is coming disconnected the backmost of a Kill Bill collaboration with Fortnite. He directed and wrote The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge, an anime adaptation of a chopped country from Kill Bill that premiered successful the conflict royale.
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