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Final December, Quentin Tarantino randomly dropped that he didn’t “look after” Paul Dano, Owen Wilson, and Matthew Lillard on a podcast. As a result of on the finish of the day, it’s podcasting that’ll be what’s going to get ya. However unbeknownst to Tarantino, he unleashed the fan armies of Dano and Lillard on-line, who showered the actors with a lot love that it made Lillard really feel like he had died and was watching his personal wake. “It felt like I had died and was in heaven watching everybody ship out their RIP tweets,” he advised Folks. “I imply, it was actually being part of your personal wake, form of sitting there dwelling by way of all the great issues individuals say after you die.” George Clooney shared his assist for Lillard throughout his acceptance speech on the AARP Awards, telling the group he could be “honored” to work with him.
On the time, Lillard was understandably harm by Tarantino’s phrases — he was a fan of his work and later stated the entire scenario felt like getting “punched within the mouth.” “It hurts your emotions. It fucking sucks. He wouldn’t say that to Tom Cruise,” he shared throughout a Q&A at a conference in December. “He wouldn’t say that to any person who’s a top-line actor. I’m extremely popular on this room, I’m not extremely popular in Hollywood… It’s humbling, and it hurts.” Fortunately, now Lillard is aware of he’s in style in Hollywood, too.