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Niamh Shackleton
Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film and TV, News, Quentin Tarantino, Podcast
Quentin Tarantino isn't holding back when it comes to naming actors he's not a fan of.
Tarantino has worked with some of the biggest names in the film industry: from Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, to Samuel L. Jackson and Leonardo DiCaprio.
But there's one person he seemingly isn't in a rush to collaborate with anytime soon as he's sees them as 'the weakest f***ing actor' in Hollywood.
During a recent episode of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Tarantino discussed the movie There Will Be Blood.
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Addressing what he believes to be 'a giant flaw' in the film, Tarantino said actor Paul Dano was the issue.
"Austin Butler would have been wonderful in that role. [Dano] just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy," Tarantino shared.
He further branded Dano 'the weakest male actor in SAG'. Ouch.
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Dano isn't alone on Tarantino's dislike list though, apparently Wedding Crashers favorite Owen Wilson is too.
"I really can't stand Owen Wilson," the director said on the same podcast, adding: "I mean, I can't stand him."
Speaking about Wilson's acting in Midnight in Paris specifically (a film Wilson has previously named as the number one film of his career), Tarantino said: "I spent the first time watching the movie loving it and hating him.
"The second time I watched the movie, I was like, 'Ah, okay, don't be such a pr*ck. He's not so bad. He's not so bad.' And then the third time I watched it, I found myself watching him."
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Ultimately he said he 'doesn't care for' Wilson.
A third actor he's not a fan of? Scream and Scooby-Doo star Matthew Lillard.
"I don’t care for [Dano], I don’t care for Owen Wilson, and I don’t care for Matthew Lillard," announced the Django Unchained director.
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UNILAD have approached Wilson and Lillard's reps for comment.
As well as naming actors he doesn't have a lot of time for, Tarantino has previously named actors he believes are the greatest of his lifetime — one being Robert De Niro.
In an interview with Charlie Rose upon the release of Jackie Brown back in 1997, Tarantino gushed about De Niro.
"He deserves his reputation as probably the greatest actor of his generation," he said of the Goodfellas actor.
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Tarantino went on: "I think he is the best actor in the world. I’ve never seen an actor so completely consume himself in character, in true character work during the work."