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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.
Nowadays, deep in Louisiana, a young man who has discovered a dark secret linked to the local mafia tries to flee with the evidence but is caught. However, at the moment of execution, he's saved by the intervention of a strange and huge reptilian creature with several heads. A week later, his sister, who had not been to this region for a long time, returned to New Orleans to find her brother missing. Many problems will try to come between her, but whether it's the mafia or the corrupt police, no problem will be more imposing than the creature that has settled in the swamps : the Lernean Hydra ! This enormous creature, which grows two heads if one is cut off, isn't a simple beast, it's very cunning and angry !
