Guardian Opens Reader Q&A With Paul Dano Ahead of Kremlin Film
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- The Guardian has opened submissions for its next reader interview with Paul Dano, with a deadline of 6pm GMT on 2 April and answers to be published shortly after.
- Dano stars in The Wizard of the Kremlin, a political thriller releasing in UK and Irish cinemas on 17 April, playing a young artist in 90s Russia who becomes an influential government spin doctor, with Jude Law as a young Vladimir Putin described in one Guardian opinion piece as 'a Russian James Bond.'
- Quentin Tarantino called Dano 'weak sauce' on a podcast last year, singling out his performance opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, prompting public defense from George Clooney, Toni Collette, Ben Stiller, and Day-Lewis himself.
- Dano's career retrospective in the piece spans early roles in L.I.E. (opposite Brian Cox) and Little Miss Sunshine, through acclaimed turns in 12 Years a Slave, Prisoners (with Hugh Jackman), and Love & Mercy (as Brian Wilson), to his Riddler in The Batman and his role as Steven Spielberg's father in The Fabelmans.
- Dano's 2018 directorial debut Wildlife and his 'farting corpse film' Swiss Army Man (opposite Daniel Radcliffe) are also highlighted as fan favorites in the piece.
Why it matters: The Q&A is timed to give The Wizard of the Kremlin — Dano's highest-profile role in years and one placing him opposite Jude Law as Putin — maximum reader engagement just two weeks before its 17 April UK release, while the Tarantino feud gives readers a ready-made hook for questions.
