Instead, Wallis discovered Kim Darby while watching TV one night and decided she was the perfect Mattie Ross. Intimidated by the stories of Hathaway's martinet behavior on the set, Farrow insisted that Wallis replace him with Roman Polanski (who would have made a decidedly different True Grit). However, Robert Mitchum, Farrow's co-star in the British production Secret Ceremony (1968), advised her not to work with director Hathaway under any circumstances. When first approached, Farrow was eager to take the part and enthusiastically accepted. Wallis' original idea was to cast Mia Farrow in the role of Mattie Ross. So determined was Wayne to play the role of Sheriff Rooster Cogburn that he himself bid $300,000 on the rights, but found himself outbid by producer Hal Wallis. The story goes that novelist Charles Portis had put his story up for bids.
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During his six decades acting career, he had never won the Oscar®, yet True Grit (1969) was the movie that finally brought him the statuette. In l969, John Wayne was a craggy 6l years old, having survived his first cancer surgery four years earlier. Recovering from her injuries, the child proclaims to Rooster her wish to be buried next to him. Discovering that she has been bitten by a rattlesnake, the marshal, himself wounded, rushes the girl to a physician. After slaying Chaney, Rooster, aided by the dying ranger, pulls Mattie from the pit. As Chaney bludgeons La Boeuf, Mattie shoots the fugitive a second time and falls backwards into a snakepit. Armed to the teeth, the two return unexpectedly to rescue Mattie. Fearing for the girl's life, La Boeuf and Rooster pretend to retreat. Although she wounds him, Mattie is taken hostage by Pepper's band. During a surprise raid on Pepper's hideout, the lawmen kill four of his fellows and find a gold piece once the property of Mattie's father. The trio tracks the assassin across the border to the refuge of outlaw Ned Pepper. Despite mutual distrust, Rooster and La Boeuf unite to dissuade Mattie from accompanying them on their dangerous mission. Marshal Rooster Cogburn and accepts the help of Texas Ranger La Boeuf, who is intent on the reward awaiting the man to capture Chaney for crimes committed in Texas. Accordingly, she enlists the aid of one-eyed U. In 2014 won Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.Ģ015 won a Golden Globe for his Best Performance as an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor, Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Male.In 1880 in Yell County, Arkansas, 14-year-old Mattie Ross vows vengeance on her father's murderer, hired man Tom Chaney, who has fled into Indian Territory. He won many awards from 2005 to 2007 in Screen Actors Guild Awards. As of 2011, has made five films with director Sam Raimi: For Love of the Game (1999) The Gift (2000) Spider-Man (2002) Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). He appeared as police psychiatrist Emil Skoda on Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). He did a commercial voice-over work, including the voice of the yellow M&M in the candy's TV ads. He played Benny South-street in the 1992 Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls and can be heard on the cast recording. Darling opposite gymnastics champ Cathy Rigby in the Broadway and touring revivals of Peter Pan. He had originally planned to be a singer and studied at the University of Montana to become a composer. He attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH University of Montana, Missoula, MT (BA in Music). He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher.
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