Paul Dano has a lot of people in his corner.

Stars like Reese Witherspoon , Ben Stiller , Alec Baldwin and Simu Liu came to the Fabelmans actor's defense after Quentin Tarantino called him "the weakest f--king actor" in the Screen Actors Guild.

"Paul Dano is an incredibly gifted, versatile actor," Reese, who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson 's 2014 film Inherent Vice with Paul, wrote on Threads Dec. 6. "More importantly, he is a gentleman."

Meanwhile, Ben—who directed Paul in the 2018 series Escape at Dannemora —was even more direct, writing on X Dec. 4, "Paul Dano is f-ing brilliant." Simu echoed those sentiments, saying on X Dec. 4, "idk man i think paul dano is an incredible actor."

Alec took things a step further, sharing a video of himself on

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