On publicity duties for True Grit, Brolin said that he preferred this western to Jonah Hex and felt it was a better film. We can only hope so, otherwise this would be a considerable dip in form for the Coens. He went on to say that he wishes the Coens had directed Jonah Hex:-
“I wish the Coen Brothers would’ve done Jonah Hex. I made a lot of other calls, but I didn’t make that one — to my chagrin, for sure.”
As long ago as on the release of The Big Lebowski, Empire Magazine said that “in a perfect world all movies would be made by the Coen brothers”. Brolin clearly agrees, but what do you think? Is he being disrespectful to Jimmy Hayward, director of Jonah Hex? Was Jonah Hex unfairly derided? Do you think the Coen brothers are over-rated? Comment below.
Source: MTV