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
MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance category, with Fanning winning the inaugural award in 2005. The award returned in 2018 under the title Best Frightened Performance. MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance This is a following list for the MTV Movie Award winners for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. The award was first given out in 2005 and then 2006. In 2010 this award was renamed from Best Frightened Performance. The award was not presented in 2012. In 2013, it was given back its original name, Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. As of 2016, there have been seven winners of the award with five women and two men. Actresses