Matthew Lillard doesn\u2019t appreciate being targeted by Quentin Tarantino.<\/p>\n
The \u201cScream\u201d actor,<\/a> 55, responded to the famed director\u2019s recent viral quotes<\/a> on \u00a0\u201cThe Bret Easton Ellis Podcast,\u201d where he said, \u201cI don\u2019t care for Matthew Lillard.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cQuentin Tarantino this week said he didn\u2019t like me as an actor,\u201d Lillard stated <\/a>at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend, as the audience booed. <\/p>\n Matthew Lillard speaks onstage at New York Comic Con 2025. Getty Images for ReedPop<\/p>\n Quentin Tarantino attends the Burbank International Film Festival Gala on September 28. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cEh, whatever. Who gives a shit,\u201d the \u201cScooby-Doo\u201d actor added.<\/p>\n But Lillard did admit that Tarantino\u2019s comments offended him.<\/p>\n \u201cIt hurts your feelings. It f\u2013king sucks,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd you wouldn\u2019t say that to Tom Cruise. You wouldn\u2019t say that to somebody who\u2019s a top-line actor in Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very popular in this room. I\u2019m not very popular in Hollywood,\u201d Lillard went on. \u201cTwo totally different microcosms, right? And so, you know, it\u2019s humbling, and it hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n Matthew Lillard and Rose McGowan in \u201cScream.\u201d Miramax\/Kobal \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr. in \u201cScooby-Doo.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Matthew Lillard in \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s.\u201d \u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n During the Dec. 2 episode of \u201cThe Bret Easton Ellis Podcast,\u201d<\/a> Tarantino, 62, took aim at multiple actors.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t care for Owen Wilson, and I don\u2019t care for Matthew Lillard,\u201d Tarantino stated. <\/p>\n Quentin Tarantino at the Vista Theater in Hollywood, California on November 19. Getty Images for Epic Games<\/p>\n Matthew Lillard at the Blumfest panel during New York Comic Con 2025. Getty Images for ReedPop<\/p>\n But the \u201cKill Bill\u201d filmmaker went after Paul Dano the hardest, attacking his performance in Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s \u201cThere Will Be Blood.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe is weak sauce, man. He\u2019s a weak sister,\u201d Tarantino said, adding that Daniel Day-Lewis overshadows Dano in the film, and that Austin Butler would have been better in Dano\u2019s role. <\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy,\u201d Tarantino continued. \u201cDaniel Day-Lewis shows that he doesn\u2019t need a strong foil. The movie needs it. He doesn\u2019t need anything. It\u2019s supposed to be a two-hander and it\u2019s not!\u201d<\/p>\n Paul Dano attends \u201cThe Wizard of the Kremlin\u201d at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival. Getty Images<\/p>\n Paul Dano attends the \u201cSpaceman\u201d premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in Feb. 2024. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cYou put him with the weakest f\u2013ing actor in SAG?\u201d Tarantino also said. \u201cThe limpest dick in the world?\u201d<\/p>\n Numerous Hollywood stars have come out in support of Dano over Tarantino\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n \u201cPaul Dano is f-ing brilliant,\u201d Ben Stiller wrote on X.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cidk man i think paul dano is an incredible actor,\u201d added Marvel star Simu Liu.<\/a><\/p>\n Paul Dano in \u201cThere Will Be Blood.\u201d \u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Dano\u2019s \u201cThe Batman\u201d director Matt Reeves tweeted<\/a>, \u201cPaul Dano is an incredible actor, and an incredible person.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPaul Dano and I played brother and sister in THERE WILL BE BLOOD. His incredible performance speaks for itself,\u201d said<\/a> Colleen Foy. <\/p>\n \u201cI sat behind Quentin Tarantino at the Cast & Crew screening and he was legit vibing with Paul\u2019s performance,\u201d she added. \u201cHis recent comments are incongruent with his reaction that night.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t