Quentin Tarantino has some very harsh words for his least favorite actor in Hollywood.

The famed director singled out Paul Dano, 41, while discussing the actor’s role in the 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson film, There Will Be Blood on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast.

The one “flaw” in the celebrated film, Tarantino said, was Dano, who stars as twins Eli and Paul Sunday opposite Daniel Day-Lewis’ Daniel Plainview. Day-Lewis won his second of three Oscars for the role. “It’s supposed to be a two-hander, and it’s not,” he argued, calling Dano’s performance “weak sauce.”

According to Tarantino, Austin Butler, who is seven years younger than Dano, “would have been wonderful in that role.” His apparent distaste for the actor goes beyond the one role as the conversation continued. “He’s just such a

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