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Matthew Lillard is taking Quentin Tarantino’s critique in stride, though he admits it wasn’t easy to hear. The actor, known for his roles in Scream and Scooby-Doo, addressed Tarantino’s remarks during an appearance at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio. The acclaimed filmmaker had candidly expressed on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast that he isn’t fond of Lillard’s acting.
Sharing the news with his audience, Lillard recounted, “Quentin Tarantino this week said he didn’t like me as an actor,” prompting a chorus of boos from the crowd. Initially, Lillard shrugged it off, saying, “Eh, whatever. Who gives a sh*t.”
However, Lillard later acknowledged that the criticism struck a nerve more than he had initially let on. “It hurts your feelings. It fucking sucks,” he confessed. “And you wouldn’t say that to Tom Cruise. You wouldn’t say that to somebody who’s a top-line actor in Hollywood.”
But Lillard then admitted the honesty cut deeper than he first let on.
“It hurts your feelings. It fucking sucks,” he said. “And you wouldn’t say that to Tom Cruise. You wouldn’t say that to somebody who’s a top-line actor in Hollywood.”
The moment, he added, was a reminder of the gap between the love he gets from fans at conventions and the attention he receives from the industry itself.
“I’m very popular in this room. I’m not very popular in Hollywood,” he said. “Two totally different microcosms, right? And so, you know, it’s humbling, and it hurts.”
Lillard isn’t the only actor Tarantino took aim at during the podcast. The director also zeroed in on Paul Dano’s performance opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, offering an unfiltered takedown that only Tarantino could deliver.
“[Dano] is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister,” Tarantino said, adding that Day-Lewis was “eating him [alive]” and calling Dano “the weakest fucking actor in SAG” and “the limpest dick in the world.” He even suggested Austin Butler would’ve been better in the role.
He also said he “can’t stand” Owen Wilson, despite claiming Midnight in Paris as his 10th favorite movie of the century.
“Oddly enough, I really can’t stand Owen Wilson. I mean, I can’t stand him,” Tarantino said. “And I spent the first time watching the movie, loving it and hating him. The second time I watched the movie, I was like ‘Okay, don’t be such a prick. He’s not so bad. He’s not so bad.’ And then the third time I watched it, I found myself watching him.”
