The Coen brothers’ version of True Grit has added Barry Pepper to its cast, according to Variety. He’ll portray “Lucky” Ned Pepper, an outlaw in the western played by Robert Duvall in the original 1969 adaptation of the Charles Portis novel. Pepper joins Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin in the film, along with newcomer Hailee Steinfeld.
The period western follows a 14-year old girl (Steinfeld) who teams with a United States Marshal (Bridges) and another lawman (Damon) to find her father’s killer (Brolin) in Indian territory. The first adaptation focused on the Marshal while this one, as scripted by the Coens and truer to the novel, will be from the girl’s perspective.
True Grit is currently targeted for release on December 25th.
