Looks like the Coen brothers are going to do a remake of "True Grit"http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-coen-brothers--kings-of-the-wild-frontier-1669783.html. Westerns, especially good westerns are such a rare thing that I get hopeful at a mention of something like this. Grit won Wayne his only Oscar, though he deserved many more over his long career, notably for his work in "The Searchers" and other great films. Actors up for the role of Rooster Cogburn in the remake possibly include Tommy Lee Jones and Val Kilmer, among others. I think that Jones is probably ten years too old for the role and would perhaps hijack the movie which, as the article points out, is really a vehicle to be shown through the eyes of the young Mattie (played by the hideous Kim Darby in the original). Too bad they won't have a young Robert Duvall around to play the killer--it's just a shame he didn't get more gigs during his prime years as it's hard to find something that he did that wasn't flat out great.
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My vote for the 3 leading roles:
Leon Rippy
Christian Bale
Abigail Breslin
Shellback, you'll be delighted to know that the not so lovely and equally untalented Kim Darby played the title role in Episode #8 of the original Star Trek Series, "Miri".
Excellent nimdok. I had forgotten that. I suppose her character in "True Grit" was meant to be annoying and she succeeded brilliantly in that role.
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