Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit Interview

You’ve got to have something really special going on when you win the lead role in a Coen Brothers movie over 15,000 other girls! 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld stars in True Grit and holds her own opposite the likes of Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin. She plays the tenacious Mattie Ross, a young girl who hires a drunken Marshall to help her track down her father’s killer.

Tribute’s Bonnie Laufer caught up with the up-and-coming young actress in Los Angeles, where they spoke about working with her veteran co-stars, how she related to her tough-as-nails character and how she is going to handle the fame that will undoubtedly come her way.