Roll up, roll up: who will be the first to ask Paul Dano what he makes of Quentin Tarantino’s acting abilities, after the director’s bananas tirade against Dano (plus Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard) on a podcast last year. Tarantino called Dano “weak sauce”, especially for his role opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, leading to a pile-on of outraged praise for the actor from the likes of George Clooney, Toni Collette, Ben Stiller, Day-Lewis himself – and multiple articles in this paper.
We also feel he’s superb as Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy; chilling in 12 Years a Slave; and unforgettable in Prisoners – particularly the scene where Hugh Jackman keeps him alive inside a wall.
