What Did Paul Dano Do to Quentin Tarantino?

"Tarantino listed his 20 favorite movies on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, and when discussing his no. 5 pick, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, he had a shocking view of Paul Dano's performance as twins Paul & Eli Sunday. " There Will Be Blood would stand a good chance at being no. 1 or 2 if it didn't have a big, giant flaw in it ... and the flaw is Paul Dano," Tarantino shared as he compared Dano's performance to Daniel Day-Lewis."

""Obviously, it's supposed to be a two-hander, but it's also drastically obvious that it's not a two-hander. [Dano] is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister." Ouch! Tarantino is a man of solutions and gave his pitch for who should've played the Sunday brothers, even if his pick was only 15 at the time of release. "Austin Butler would have been wonderful in that role," Tarantino pitched before going back to Dano."

There Will Be Blood is praised but criticized for a major flaw: Paul Dano's dual portrayal of Paul and Eli Sunday is called weak and uninteresting compared with Daniel Day-Lewis. The critique labels the performance 'weak sauce' and 'the weak sister,' and contends it prevents the film from ranking at the very top. An alternative casting choice is proposed, naming Austin Butler as a preferable actor despite his age at the film's release. The criticism also characterizes Dano as the weakest actor within the guild, framing casting as a pivotal element of the film's success.

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