Paramount Pictures is seeking a WOMAN MISSING HER LEFT ARM to be a photo double in TRUE GRIT, a new film by Joel & Ethan Coen.
Character description
Photo double for adult Mattie Ross: This woman must be MISSING HER LEFT ARM. Optimally, she would be around 5'8", 138 lbs, slender to medium build. However, we are open to various looks.
To submit:
Submit the following to texascasting2010@gmail.com.
- Self Photo: Photos should be non-glamorous, simple snapshots (incl face and body. It's best to wear a tank top & shorts).
- Measurements: include height, weight, bust, waist & hips. Incl sizes, such as shoe, dress, pants, etc.
- Contact information: include age, phone numbers & place of residence.
Additional Information
Rate of pay: TBD
Note: TRUE GRIT is shooting in Austin, TX. However, we are open to nationwide submissions.
Background info about Mattie Ross & TRUE GRIT: 14 year old Mattie is a simple, tough as nails young woman. Her steely nerves and straightforward manner are a shocking contrast to the way women behaved in the early century. She's possessed of true grit and plenty of determination.
The film is a remake of the western that earned john Wayne his Academy Award as one-eyed sheriff Rooster Cogburn in 1969. In the Coens' screenplay, "True Grit" will be told from the point of view of Mattie Ross.
The movie will begin in 1928, at a point when Mattie tells how she avenged her father's murder back in 1873, when she was only 14 years old.
For more information call 512-637-6775.
Coen Brothers Filmography .jpg)
- A Serious Man (2009)
- Burn After Reading (2008)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
- The Ladykillers (2004)
- Bad Santa (2003)
- Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
- The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
- Down from the Mountain (2000)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- Fargo (1996)
- Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
- Barton Fink (1991)
- Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Blood Simple. (1984)