Matthew Lillard recently appeared on the Phase Hero podcast, which is an inclusive destination for fans of television and movies. During his interview, he spoke about the wide range of roles he has been booking lately, from Five Nights at Freddy's to Daredevil: Born Again to Scream 7.
“Scooby-Doo one and two are more popular now than they ever were when they came out,” he said. “So I do think there’s a weird nostalgia thing happening in our industry and in the zeitgeist because I think that people are longing for ye olde times. I think that’s one of the reasons I’m having this moment to be honest, is because I was identified in that moment, so people are hiring me again.”
He went on to say, “I think that’s why I’m working. I don’t think anyone really likes me. They just miss the old times. Who should we get? Who’s old and relatively warm and fuzzy feeling? Let’s get Matthew Lillard. Talented? No. But do we like him? Yes.”
Lillard also spoke about the unflattering comments that Quentin Tarantino made about him, where he stated that he doesn’t care for the actor.
Although Lillard was upset about the comments at first, the experience helped him see how much others valued him. “It felt like I had died and was in heaven watching everyone send out their RIP tweets,” he said. “I mean, it was really being a part of your own wake, sort of sitting there living through all the nice things people say after you die. Everyone, from the people at the mall this weekend with my kids to George Clooney and James Gunn and Mike Flanagan, I mean, people have sort of been really generous with telling me how much they loved me and liked my work.”
