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And then he came for cult classic actors. In addition to insulting Paul Dano this week on a podcast, Quentin Tarantino also shared his distaste for beloved horror actor Matthew Lillard. On an episode of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Tarantino said he didn’t “care for” Lillard and Owen Wilson as actors, seemingly throwing in the Five Nights at Freddy’s star’s name in for no reason. Lillard is the first celeb name dropped on the podcast to respond during a Q&A at GalaxyCon in Ohio, and he wasn’t happy about the comments. “Quentin Tarantino this week said he didn’t like me as an actor,” Lillard began as the GalaxyCon crowd booed the mention of Tarantino. “It hurts your feelings. It fucking sucks. He wouldn’t say that to Tom Cruise. He wouldn’t say that to somebody who’s a top-line actor. I’m very popular in this room, I’m not very popular in Hollywood… It’s humbling, and it hurts.”
He wasn’t the only Five Nights at Freddy’s actor insulted by Tarantino. During the same podcast, the director said The Hunger Games series “ripped off” the Japanese novel Battle Royale. “I do not understand how the Japanese writer didn’t sue Suzanne Collins for every fucking thing she owns,” Tarantino stated. “They just ripped off the fucking book! Stupid book critics are not going to go watch a Japanese movie called Battle Royale, so the stupid book critics never called her out on it.” Josh Hutcherson, who starred as Peeta in THG, told Variety, “There are similar themes, for sure. But, you know, everyone borrows from everyone.” Hot tip for Quentin: do not go into any haunted pizzerias for the time being, especially if they have animatronics. Those robots have a tendency to seek revenge.
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