Dillon Freasier

Dillon Freasier (born March 6, 1996) is an American former actor. His only film role was in the 2007 film There Will Be Blood.

Career Freasier was not an actor when chosen for his role in There Will Be Blood. After several failed attempts of casting other actors, Cassandra Kulukundis searched for potential actors in rural schools near Marfa, Texas, the film's primary filming location. At the Fort Davis school with "maybe eight boys of the right age", Freasier was singled out by his principal. Kulukundis said that "he just stayed in my mind, so I called his mother at home and asked if it was all right if I could come over that night".

According to The New York Times, Paul Thomas Anderson "really wanted a kid who'd grown up around ranches and horses rather than someone coming in and trying to fake that".

Christy Lemire, the film critic for the Associated Press, praised Freasier as a "confident newcomer", and the Los Angeles Times labeled him "a budding star". During his Academy Award acceptance speech for Best Actor, Daniel Day-Lewis said "I wish my son and my partner H.W. Plainview were up here with me, the mighty Dillon Freasier". Freasier, who had decided to skip the Oscars, was asleep at the time.

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