George Clooney “could be honoured” to work with Paul Dano, Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard.
George Clooney has defended his fellow actors
The Jay Kelly actor used his acceptance speech on the AARP Motion pictures for Grownups Awards on the weekend to defend the three stars after their skills have been criticised by director Quentin Tarantino on the Bret Easton Ellis podcast final month.
Accepting the Finest Actor prize for Jay Kelly, George famous the film is “about… and made by individuals who love actors” and mentioned he would not “take pleasure in watching individuals be merciless to actors.”
He added: “By the best way, Paul Dano, Owen Wilson, and Matthew Lillard? I might be honoured to work with these actors. Honoured!
“We’re residing in a time of cruelty, and we do not must be including to it.
“I am very joyful to be right here. Very joyful to see all of you, and thanks for this, and thanks for… It is gonna be a protracted, powerful couple of years, however we’ll all get via it collectively, okay?”
Pulp Fiction filmmaker Tarantino had named Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 drama There Will Be Blood as his fifth-favourite film of the twenty first century, however admitted it could have been increased within the record if he hadn’t been so unimpressed by Dano’s efficiency alongside Daniel Day-Lewis.
Talking on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, he mentioned: “There Will Be Blood would stand a greater probability to be in primary or quantity two if it did not have a giant big flaw in it, and the flaw is Paul Dano.
“Clearly, it is speculated to be a two-hander, and it is also so drastically apparent that it isn’t a two-hander.
“He’s weak sauce, man. He is a weak sister.
“Austin Butler would have been fantastic in that function. [Dano] simply such a weak, weak, uninteresting man…
“I am not saying he is giving a horrible efficiency.
“I am saying he is giving a non-entity [performance]. I do not take care of him. I do not take care of Owen Wilson, I do not take care of Matthew Lillard.”
George is not the one star who spoke out to defend the Swiss Military Man star afterwards.
Filmmaker Matt Reeves took to social media to explain the star, who he directed in 2022 film The Batman, as “an unimaginable actor”.
Reeves wrote on X: “Paul Dano is an unimaginable actor, and an unimaginable particular person.”
Hollywood actor Ben Stiller replied to Reeves’ message with a Hallelujah emoji, and he additionally praised Paul, 41, on his personal X account.
He posted: “Paul Dano is f-ing sensible (sic)”
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu additionally praised the Fabelmans actor.
He wrote on X: “idk man i believe paul dano is an unimaginable actor (sic)”
Ethan Hawke later praised the outpouring of positivity the actor had skilled within the wake of the “hateful” tirade from Tarantino.
Talking on the Joe Rogan podcast, Ethan mentioned: “I don’t assume Paul Dano ever knew that so many individuals cherished him.
“He’s gotta get up one morning and discover out this director’s went off on him and saying these hateful issues, however anybody who is aware of Quentin is aware of he simply talks and talks.
“Anybody who is aware of Paul is aware of he’s a world-class human being.
“All this love for Paul is popping out. There’s an incredible lesson in that. You don’t have to fret concerning the negativity individuals ship your method.”
