Calling All Local Girls with Grit -- Casting of New Coen Movie Comes to Town

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The Coen brothers - the Academy Award-winning filmmakers responsible for such modern classics as "No Country for Old Men," "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski" - are looking for a Memphis girl with "steely nerves," a "straightforward manner" and, yes, true grit.

An open casting call will be held from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the East Memphis Hilton at 939 Ridge Lake Blvd., for the potentially star-making role of spunky young Mattie Ross, a lead character in the Coens' upcoming remake of the famous 1969 western, "True Grit."

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Calling All Local Girls with Grit -- Casting of New Coen Movie Comes to Town

According to a release from the casting office, the filmmakers are looking for "a 12- 16-year-old Caucasian girl who is tough, strong and...

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