Matthew Lillard says Quentin Tarantino’s criticism ‘sucked’

Los Angeles: Matthew Lillard mentioned it ‘sucked’ when Quentin Tarantino publicly criticised him final yr, as he has lengthy hoped to work with the Oscar-winning filmmaker.

In an interview with ‘Folks’ journal, Lillard mentioned he admires Tarantino’s work and would ‘love’ to be part of his movies however was stunned by the remarks. “I believe he’s a stunning filmmaker and to simply type of get punched within the mouth simply was type of a bummer,” the actor mentioned.

Throughout a viral look on ‘The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast’ final fall, Tarantino had slammed Hollywood star Paul Dano as ‘the weakest’ actor in SAG and added that he didn’t care both for Lillard or Owen Wilson.

Lillard is finest identified for enjoying Shaggy Rogers within the live-action ‘Scooby-Doo’ movies. He has additionally featured within the slasher film ‘Scream’, ‘You’re Subsequent’ and the horror anthology ‘The Lifetime of Chuck’.

The actor mentioned the backlash to Tarantino’s feedback and the wave of help he acquired from followers and colleagues felt surreal. “It felt like I had died and was in heaven watching everybody ship out their RIP tweets… Actually being part of your individual wake,” he mentioned.

A number of of Lillard’s former collaborators took to social media to defend him. Filmmaker Mike Flanagan, who directed him in ‘The Lifetime of Chuck’ and forged him within the upcoming ‘Carrie’ sequence reboot, referred to as Lillard ‘the goddamn biggest’. ‘Superman’ director James Gunn, who labored with him on the ‘Scooby-Doo’ movies, described him as ‘certainly one of my favorite guys (and actors)’.

Hollywood icon George Clooney, in the meantime, mentioned at an awards occasion that he can be ‘honoured to work with’ any of the actors Tarantino had criticised.

Lillard had earlier addressed the remarks at ‘GalaxyCon’ in Columbus, Ohio, saying that whereas he tried to shrug it off, ‘it hurts your emotions. It… sucks’.