Just a quick bit of news. Barry Pepper has been cast as Lucky Ned Pepper for the Coen Brothers’ upcoming remake of True Grit. In the 1969 original, Robert Duvall played the part of Lucky Ned Pepper in the original.
This is a great casting choice. Barry Pepper is a great character actor, and he should do a great job with this. He is easily recognizable from his roles in Saving Private Ryan and The Green Mile. He has done a great job in a number of movies. I really liked him as sniper Private Daniel Jackson in Saving Private Ryan. He is a perfect choice for the Coens' newest. Besides being a good actor, he's got one of those character actor faces that would be perfect for an ensemble western. It would be easy to see him on a horse facing Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn in a gun battle.
I cannot wait for this movie, it is the one movie of 2010 that I am most looking forward to. If the cast continues to turn out like this, the waiting is only going to get worse.
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