Coen Brothers remaking John Wayne's "True Grit"

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Originally Posted by andyman1970

At least this remake will be in good hands and sounds like the route they're taking will help distinguish it from the original and people won't compare them but instead let each film stand on it's own merits.

Some interesting choices and I'd like to add Daniel Day Lewis to the list of possiblities.

NOOOOO!!!!

He was good I guess in There Will Be Blood. Personally I thought the whole movie was an audition tape for WATCH ME OVER-ACT and watch the acclaim role in. Blah blah blah. He's a good actor but To ME, I just didn't enjoy his role or all the OMG, What a Great Acting Job!!, b.s. that he got for it. That said, DDL in a Western playing the character that John Wayne made an Icon out of? HEEELLLL to the NOOO as the young kids say.

The Perfect guy to me, and obviously many others here agree so far, is Tommy Lee Jones. Has that craggy old fart routine down pat, is a rancher, lives on a ranch, all noted above, & would command the respect if they do in fact do this movie, focusing more on the 14-yr old girl's POV.