Insanely strong meme potential here
Ahead of a 20th anniversary screening of "Little Miss Sunshine" at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Dano was asked about Tarantino's comment but was beat to the punch by co-star Toni Collette, who said: "Are we really going there? F*** that guy! He must've been high… it was just confusing. Who does that?"
Dano never commented publicly on Tarantino's diss and said all of the tributes to his work that poured in across social media spoke for themselves.
"That was really nice," Dano told Vairety. "I was also incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me so I didn't have to."
"Little Miss Sunshine" directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris also weighed in the Tarantino controversy. Dayton called Tarantino's remarks an "embarrassment," adding: "I can only think that his rawness of his performance made Tarantino uncomfortable. He couldn't be easily filed."
Faris noted, "You know what was interesting was the people coming out to defend Paul. There was immediately… he is loved by so many. He is so smart."
variety.com/2026/film/news/paul-dano-reacts-quentin-tarantino-diss-worst-actor-1236643708
Ahead of a 20th anniversary screening of "Little Miss Sunshine" at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Dano was asked about Tarantino's comment but was beat to the punch by co-star Toni Collette, who said: "Are we really going there? F*** that guy! He must've been high… it was just confusing. Who does that?"
Dano never commented publicly on Tarantino's diss and said all of the tributes to his work that poured in across social media spoke for themselves.
"That was really nice," Dano told Vairety. "I was also incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me so I didn't have to."
"Little Miss Sunshine" directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris also weighed in the Tarantino controversy. Dayton called Tarantino's remarks an "embarrassment," adding: "I can only think that his rawness of his performance made Tarantino uncomfortable. He couldn't be easily filed."
Faris noted, "You know what was interesting was the people coming out to defend Paul. There was immediately… he is loved by so many. He is so smart."
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paul-dano-reacts-quentin-tarantino-diss-worst-actor-1236643708/
Close one!
