Matthew Lillard Reacts to Quentin Tarantino Diss: ‘It F–king Sucks’

Lillard’s response comes after the Kill Invoice director cited the actor as somebody he would not “look after,” alongside Paul Dano and Owen Wilson.

Throughout an look on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, the Kill Invoice director revealed three actors he merely would not “look after,” after citing Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 movie, There Will Be Blood, as one in every of his high 10 motion pictures of the twenty first century.

Quentin Tarantino Reveals Listing of Actors He Does not ‘Care’ For: ‘Weak Sauce’

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 “It will stand a greater probability to be in primary or quantity two if it did not have an enormous, big flaw in it,” Tarantino, 62, mentioned of There Will Be Blood, ” … and the flaw is Paul Dano.”

“He is simply such a weak, weak, uninteresting man,” Tarantino added of Dano, earlier than later including, “I do not look after Owen Wilson, I do not look after Matthew Lillard.”

Whereas at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend, Lillard introduced up Tarantino’s feedback in a room packed filled with followers.

“Quentin Tarantino this week mentioned he did not like me as an actor,” mentioned Lillard, which generated boos from the viewers.

“No matter, who provides a s–t.” he continued. “It hurts your emotions, it f–king sucks and he would not say that to Tom Cruise. He would not say that to anyone who’s a top-line actor in Hollywood.”

“I am highly regarded on this room. I am not highly regarded in Hollywood. Two completely totally different microcosms,” he continued, including, “So it is humbling, and it hurts.”

As he then took a pause, somebody yelled, “We love you!” — with Lillard thanking them for the shoutout.

Tarantino’s remark about Lillard comes when the actor — who first rose to fame within the ’90s and 2000s with roles in Scream, the live-action Scooby Doo motion pictures, She’s All That and 13 Ghosts — is having a serious profession resurgence.

Lillard credit that comeback to his function because the villainous William Afton in 2023’s 5 Nights at Freddy’s — which was an enormous hit on the field workplace, regardless of a same-day drop on streaming.

Within the wake of that movie’s success got here a wave of mainstream initiatives for Lillard, together with roles within the 5 Nights sequel, Daredevil Season 2 at Disney+, Cross Season 2 on Prime Video, a Tony Gilroy film with Pedro Pascal and David Harbour, and two Mike Flanagan initiatives — The Lifetime of Chuck and the upcoming TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie.

He’ll additionally in some way return in Scream 7, regardless of his character — and OG killer — Stu Macher being taken out by a tv set within the unique film.

TooFab’s Brian Particelli lately spoke with him concerning the quasi-comeback, with Lillard calling it a “loopy” time in his life.

“It has been a extremely unusual second. I feel plenty of it stems from the success of 5 Nights. I feel that type of reinvigorated my profession in a extremely profound means.”

“And I am right here for it,” he added, “I am excited and simply actually grateful to get these alternatives once more.”

For Lillard, now 55, with resurgence comes reflection.

“For a lot of my profession, it was at all times about like, ‘What’s subsequent? What’s subsequent? What’s subsequent?’, climbing this ladder of like a profession and success. And as you grow old, it is good to once in a while cease and simply admire how far up you have come,” he informed TooFab. “Definitely on this second, the place I am having all this stuff taking place and having this like resurgence, you may’t assist however to be grateful and simply to be right here, nonetheless working, nonetheless doing the factor I like and getting extra alternatives than I’ve ever had.”

Take a look at the complete interview with him above.