How old was Kim Darby True Grit?

How old was Kim Darby True Grit?

Though Steinfeld was just 13 when she played the role of 14-year-old Mattie in the new version, Darby was 21 and the mother of a newborn daughter, Heather, with her first husband, actor James Stacy. During the filming of the movie, she began divorce proceedings against Stacy.

Did John Wayne like Kim Darby True Grit?

Despite its commercial success, John Wayne was not pleased with the finished film. He greatly disliked Kim Darby’s performance, and while promoting the film for its US release in June 1969, told interviewers that he had starred in much better films, citing Stagecoach (1939) as an example.

How old was Glen Campbell in the movie True Grit?

Campbell, who comes from an industry in which covers of standards are common, doesn’t begrudge a new take on “True Grit.” “Oh, I think it’s great, but I don’t think it will beat the other one,” he said, adding that is because of Wayne’s acting skills, not his. Campbell was just 33 when the movie was released.

Did John Wayne and Clint Eastwood get along?

It just so happens, that Eastwood incurred the displeasure of such a legendary cowboy—none other than John Wayne. Eastwood starred in the 1973 film High Plains Drifter which he also directed. Now a classic, the film was absolutely hated by John Wayne, an iconic figure in the western genre and Eastwood’s senior.

How old does Mattie say she is in True Grit?

A fourteen-year-old girl from Dardanelle, Arkansas and the narrator of True Grit.

What was the famous line from True Grit?

“There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.”