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Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor. He began his career on Broadway before making his film debut in The Newcomers (2000). He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in L.I.E. (2001) and received accolades for his role as Dwayne Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). For his dual roles as Paul and Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (2007), he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Dano has also received accolades for roles such as John Tibeats in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Alex Jones in Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013). His acting portrayal of musician Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy (2014) earned him a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Supporting Actor. Dano made his directorial debut with the drama film Wildlife (2018), based on the novel by Richard Ford. He co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Zoe Kazan. In 2018, he starred in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2022, he played Edward Nashton / The Riddler in The Batman.
So it's been a long time since I heard the Duffer Brothers are going to be remaking the Death Note series in Live Action. Which got me excited but also nervous at the same time since the movie got worse in the US and shows disrespect to the anime. And I hope to God that the Netflix Series of Death Note gets better than the movie, and not to fall for that same mistake again. Although by any means, I'm not going to recast the Asians, I would instead recast the US version. Something better than the movie, and even more better than the Duffer Brothers. It's something like how Light Yagami was much more of a loner in a school and felt so dull, that even later before the notebook "Death Note" came along falling out of the sky, he uses it to kill someone for the crimes they have committed after finding out that it was real and uses it as a revenge or justice to become the new God. And I want this series to build up as a climax, a rising action, and a moral of this story. So with that being said, let's recast Death Note.
