True Grit (2010 film) in which it's a little bit different from the movie – and maybe this is just because of the time the movie was made – is that it's a lot tougher and more violent than the movie reflects. Which is part of what's interesting about it. Mattie Ross "is a pill", said Ethan Coen in a December 2010 interview, "but there is something deeply admirable about her in the book that we were drawn to", including the Presbyterian-Protestant ethic so strongly imbued in a 14-year-old girl. Joel Coen said that the brothers did not want to "mess around with what
Ethan Slater Ethan Slater Ethan Slater (born June 2, 1992) is an American actor, singer, writer, and composer best known for his role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the musical of the same name, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical category. Slater grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, with two older sisters, Sara Slater and Tamara Slater. His mother passed away when he was 7. His father, Jay Slater, is remarried, and Slater has two step-brothers. He attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and Georgetown Day School. He attended