Celebrities Defend Paul Dano After Quentin Tarantino’s Diss

When Quentin Tarantino insulted Paul Dano’s acting abilities in There Will Be Blood, he inadvertently assembled the Avengers of Hollywood stars who have Dano’s back. On The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast , Tarantino said Dano’s acting was “a giant flaw” in the Oscar-nominated movie and that he was the “weakest” actor in SAG. Not every director agrees. On December 4, DGA Award-winning director Ben Stiller put it simply, writing on X, “Paul Dano is f-ing brilliant.” Stiller knows this firsthand, too, as he directed Dano in the 2018 mini-series Escape from Dannemora . A few hours later, another director Dano has worked with, The Batman ’s Matt Reeves , adds another compliment, commending Dano both on and off screen, writing , “Paul Dano is an incredible actor, and an incre