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Comparing Haille's casting in True Grit to Sydney Penny in Pale Rider

posted 10 years ago by TheChiffonRetreat
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I couldn't help but notice the similarities in both the actresses and their characters, and in key elements of the stories.

Both actresses are fabulously beautiful, with dark eyes, long dark hair, and striking features. Both play strong willed, independent, intelligent young ladies in their early teens, who are put into perilous and impossible situations. Both play alongside older, but nonetheless strong, powerful leading men who use unconventional means to defeat lawless and mentally deficient baddies. Oh, and both characters require being rescued at some point by the heroic male.

It's probably all coincidental, but it'd be interesting if there was a connection between the two films...

[–] TheChiffonRetreat 10 years ago

Britain has it's great unwashed masses, ours are brought up on a diet of The Sun and Eastenders!

I fell in love with Clint Eastwood like a lot of people from my generation. He was tall, handsome, and cool. I was too young during his Spaghetti Western phase, but caught up with him around the time he was making the Dirty Harry films. We used to sneak into the cinemas because they were released as 'X' (18) and I was too young. And this was before we had VHS.

Glad you enjoyed Pale Rider; if you can, check out High Plains Drifter, and The Outlaw Josey Wales. You won't be disappointed.