Paul Dano on Going From the Riddler to Spielberg’s Dad: ‘It Was a Really Good Antidote’ | TIFF 2022

In the Toronto International Film Festival premiere “The Fabelmans,” Paul Dano plays family man Burt Fabelman, in a part modeled after director Steven Spielberg’s own father Arnold. The role is a marked contrast to his most recent theatrical appearance in this year’s “The Batman,” where he portrayed a sadistic and terrifying version of comic book villain the Riddler. Speaking with Variety senior entertainment writer Angelique Jackson, Dano spoke about making the shift between the two very different characters.
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[@feelflows]

I’m hoping this movie is Paul’s chance to win or at least get nominated for an Oscar, he’s long overdue one

[@Mikebuster]

I dont think they'd give out major oscars on a film about a film director it seems a bit... snarky

[@camchangfilms]

@@Mikebuster they absolutely would do that hahah

[@nickmilligan3662]

Give Paul the Supporting Oscar, and give Brendan the Best Actor Oscar then we will have two of the nicest people in Hollywood finally getting recognition

[@vicodincreamer4831]

No Austin deserves that Oscar

[@noahkern11]

@@vicodincreamer4831 I imagine you haven’t seen The Whale yet if you think that

[@ComingSoonOnVHS]

@@vicodincreamer4831 Austin Butler? As in the LEAD actor from Elvis? But you want him to win the supporting role? Odd take

[@maggielupton3520]

I ran into Gabriel LaBelle at a bar in Toronto last week is he is so sweet. He is fantastic in the movie too!!

[@lostaudri]

PAUL DANO!!!!!!!!!

[@lustgut]

live love paul

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[@Hotelluigi526]

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[@lilchaos4792]

I just wish there was more physical Riddler scenes

[@juliobenavides241]

Riddler was never physical

[@cruz.c]

@@juliobenavides241 the intro scene and the car scene were incredibly physical

[@lilchaos4792]

@@cruz.c yup the intro really hyped me up

[@mariana-lr3rp]

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[@uma3777]

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[@heaven20304]

Pauul 💕

[@fawndeu]

dano nation rise for we win today

[@blr5341]

Another film where Paul will get snubbed for an oscar! JK, I want him to win so much. But he's a master regardless.

[@nikitamohanan2124]

I think he could score his 1st nomination cuz best supporting actor category seems a bit weak in terms of competition whoever I don't think he's winning cuz Ben Whishaw from Women talking has been getting rave reviews and same with Brendan Gleeson for the banshees of inisherim.

[@K4RN3SS]

Wooooo danonation

[@chauffeur1854]

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[@julmahuvi]

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[@themanwnoname3454]

2022(G)

[@anirudhmenon4234]

I love Dano, but his Riddler was pretty disappointing ngl. Can't wait for The Fabelmans though.

[@jc2333]

I like dano but I didn’t like his riddler .

[@renatojunior496]

what are you talking about? he was great at it 💀

[@SandmanOCA]

literally top 5 cbm villains. my #1🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Howard_T_Duck]

While I respect your opinion i don’t think he could’ve possibly been done better. It was honestly a breath of fresh air for the character not being a goofy nasally nerd that is usually seen as a laughing stock or just a nuisance to Batman who’s main motivation is just to prove that he’s better than him. To me they changed him from a comical petty villain to a scary revenge driven psychopath who actually did some heavy damage to Gotham.

[@MissHeathen]

God this is boring.

[@Nancy-sf2pl]

Then why are you watching and taking the time to comment? No one is forcing you💀

[@lonjezokalanda4063]

🤣🤣

[@spiralations7304]

Paul is right there how could u be boree

[@Hotelluigi526]

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