Damon, Brolin in 'True Grit'?
Pair in talks to act alongside Jeff Bridges
By Phil Guie | Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Coen Brothers’ remake of True Grit may be getting two more stars for its posse. As reported by Variety, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are currently in negotiations to join Jeff Bridges, who will be playing U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn.The story of True Grit, based on a novel by Charles Portis, revolves around a spunky 14-year-old named Mattie Ross, who hires the larger-than-life Cogburn to track down the man who killed her father. Brolin, who starred in the Coens’ Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men, is said to be in line to play Tom Chaney, the hired-hand who murders Frank Ross, Mattie’s father.
Damon is in talks to play a lawman who joins the mis-matched Mattie and Cogburn as their hunt takes them into hostile Indian territory. Mattie, who is the main character in the book, has yet to be cast.
The hard-drinking, one-eyed, fast-shooting Rooster Cogburn is the same role that won John Wayne an Oscar in 1969. However, the Coens’ version of True Grit is said to be closer to the novel than the prior film.
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