Girls: Do You Have ‘True Grit?’

Dec 21st, 2009 by James K Tags: Casting, Coen Brothers, Matt Damon

truegrit Girls: Do You Have True Grit?
Wanted: young female lead in the Coen Brother‘ remake of the western “True Grit.” No acting experience is necessary for girls who can play 14-year-old Mattie Ross, a role played in the 1969 original by Kim Darby, who was 21 at the time. The character tags along with two marshals — to be played by Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon — in the hunt for the man who killed her father — to be played by Josh Brolin. According to the Web site, aspirants can apply by self taping or by attending an open call in Arkansas, Mississippi or Oklahoma in the coming weeks.