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In 2019, 64 years after his death, it was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703 announced]] that "Dean" (more accurately his likeness) would be "appearing" in a new film called ''Finding Jack'', set during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar (a conflict which did not begin in earnest until after he died). This met with considerable backlash and is widely regarded as a publicity stunt. The filmmakers [[https://variety.com/2019/film/news/james-dean-finding-jack-cgi-1203399187/ defended]] their decision to "cast" Dean in the film, saying that it was approved by his family... however he was an only child with no children of his own, and his own parents are long dead, so the family in question is [[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/dec/11/james-dean-plays-with-cousin-marcus-winslow-in-snow-1955-thats-me-in-picture his first cousin Marcus Winslow]] (his paternal aunt's son), who was 11 years old when he died, so this approval is ''also'' highly contentious.
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In 2019, 64 years after his death, it was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703 announced]] that "Dean" (more accurately his likeness) would be "appearing" in a new film called ''Finding Jack'', set during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar (a conflict which did not begin in earnest until after he died). This met with considerable backlash and is widely regarded as a publicity stunt. The filmmakers [[https://variety.com/2019/film/news/james-dean-finding-jack-cgi-1203399187/ defended]] their decision to "cast" Dean in the film, saying that it was approved by his family... however he was an only child with no children of his own, and his own parents are long dead, so the family in question is [[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/dec/11/james-dean-plays-with-cousin-marcus-winslow-in-snow-1955-thats-me-in-picture his first cousin Marcus Winslow]] (his paternal aunt's son), who was 11 years old when he died, so this approval is ''also'' highly contentious.
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A symbol of cool for teenagers of the [[TheFifties 1950s]] and nowadays for his being (reportedly) bisexual. His relatively short career and enduring popularity also makes him something of a real-life EnsembleDarkhorse. The roles that made him famous (Cal Trask in ''Film/EastOfEden'' and Jim Stark in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'') were TroubledButCute guys with {{Freudian Excuse}}s; his role as Jett Rink in ''Film/{{Giant}}'' was an attempt to break away from being {{typecast|ing}} as troubled teens.
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A symbol of cool for teenagers of the [[TheFifties 1950s]] and nowadays for his being (reportedly) bisexual. His relatively [[ShortLivedBigImpact short career and enduring popularity popularity]] also makes him something of a real-life EnsembleDarkhorse. The roles that made him famous (Cal Trask in ''Film/EastOfEden'' and Jim Stark in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'') were TroubledButCute guys with {{Freudian Excuse}}s; his role as Jett Rink in ''Film/{{Giant}}'' was an attempt to break away from being {{typecast|ing}} as troubled teens.
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* CoolLoser: One of the archetypes with which he is most associated.
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** Creator/ElizabethTaylor befriended him on the set of ''Giant'', and they would often stay up late into the night talking about life. He also became friends with Dennis Hopper.
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** Creator/ElizabethTaylor befriended him on the set of ''Giant'', and they would often stay up late into the night talking about life. He also became friends with Dennis Hopper.Creator/DennisHopper.
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* ActorInspiredElement: He suggested that Jett Rink's drunken soliloquy in ''Giant'' be done via long shot to emphasise the character's isolation.
* TheDanza: As Jim in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
* DawsonCasting:
** In ''Film/EastOfEden'', he was already in his early twenties playing the teenage Cal.
** In ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', he was 23 playing the 16-year-old Jim Stark.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** For the ferris wheel scene in ''East of Eden'' that leads into Cal and Abra's kiss, James opted not to use the bathroom to add to his character's discomfort.
** He and Richard Davalos also shared an apartment briefly to get into the mindset of twin brothers. The latter admitted they became the characters "to the teeth" and it took him two years to shake it off.
* FriendshipOnTheSet:
** Creator/JulieHarris became his companion on ''East of Eden'', and she was often the one who could get him to calm down. Years later she would say "I loved him so much" in a platonic sense.
** Creator/ElizabethTaylor befriended him on the set of ''Giant'', and they would often stay up late into the night talking about life. He also became friends with Dennis Hopper.
* HostilityOnTheSet:
** Raymond Massey hated him on the set of ''East of Eden'', as he was classically trained and disliked the method. Elia Kazan picked up on this and encouraged the hostility to make for a natural performance between a distant father and son. The former later admitted it was his best role.
** Put it this way. Rock Hudson, with whom he worked on ''Giant'', said years later "I don't want to speak ill of the dead but he was a prick".
** On the same film, he had a tumultuous relationship with director George Stevens, and they clashed almost daily.
* DawsonCasting:
** In ''Film/EastOfEden'', he was already in his early twenties playing the teenage Cal.
** In ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', he was 23 playing the 16-year-old Jim Stark.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** For the ferris wheel scene in ''East of Eden'' that leads into Cal and Abra's kiss, James opted not to use the bathroom to add to his character's discomfort.
** He and Richard Davalos also shared an apartment briefly to get into the mindset of twin brothers. The latter admitted they became the characters "to the teeth" and it took him two years to shake it off.
* FriendshipOnTheSet:
** Creator/JulieHarris became his companion on ''East of Eden'', and she was often the one who could get him to calm down. Years later she would say "I loved him so much" in a platonic sense.
** Creator/ElizabethTaylor befriended him on the set of ''Giant'', and they would often stay up late into the night talking about life. He also became friends with Dennis Hopper.
* HostilityOnTheSet:
** Raymond Massey hated him on the set of ''East of Eden'', as he was classically trained and disliked the method. Elia Kazan picked up on this and encouraged the hostility to make for a natural performance between a distant father and son. The former later admitted it was his best role.
** Put it this way. Rock Hudson, with whom he worked on ''Giant'', said years later "I don't want to speak ill of the dead but he was a prick".
** On the same film, he had a tumultuous relationship with director George Stevens, and they clashed almost daily.
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* ThrowItIn: For the famous scene in ''Film/EastOfEden'' where Adam rejects Cal's present, Cal was scripted to hit him. James however improvised Cal tearfully trying to hug him instead. Raymond Massey's confused reaction was genuine.
* UnderageCasting: In ''{{Film/Giant}}'', he continued to play Jett into his forties, and actually refused to wear more detailed older age makeup; only having grey hair and a few lines on his forehead.
* UnderageCasting: In ''{{Film/Giant}}'', he continued to play Jett into his forties, and actually refused to wear more detailed older age makeup; only having grey hair and a few lines on his forehead.
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* ''WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos'' is set in an AlternateUniverse in which Dean becomes President of the United States.
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* The 2010 film ''Film/BicycleBride'' features a character named "James Dean" who looks exactly like James Dean, crossing into UncannyValley territory (he was played by actor Andreas Wilson).
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* [[TheDanza Another James]], last name [[Creator/JamesFranco Franco]], portrayed him in the 2001 MadeForTVMovie {{biopic}} ''James Dean'', to much acclaim.
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* [[TheDanza Another James]], last name [[Creator/JamesFranco Franco]], portrayed him in the 2001 MadeForTVMovie {{biopic}} ''James Dean'', ''Film/{{James Dean|2001}}'', to much acclaim.
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* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', a 2004 biopic MinISeries about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]], who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
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* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', a 2004 biopic MinISeries MiniSeries about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]], who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
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* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', a 2004 biopic MinISeries about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]] who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
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* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', a 2004 biopic MinISeries about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]] actress]], who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
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* MetaCasting: ''Film/EastOfEden'' was essentially James playing himself, or a character very similar to himself -- including the troubled relationship with his father. Elia Kazan has called it the most apt bit of casting he ever did. Upon meeting James, Creator/JohnSteinbeck (who wrote the novel on which the film was based) remarked, "He ''is'' Cal!"
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* MetaCasting: ''Film/EastOfEden'' was essentially James playing himself, or a character very similar to himself -- including the troubled relationship with his father. Elia Kazan Creator/EliaKazan has called it the most apt bit of casting he ever did. Upon meeting James, Creator/JohnSteinbeck (who wrote the novel on which the film was based) remarked, "He ''is'' Cal!"
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* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', a biopic MinISeries about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]] who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
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* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', a 2004 biopic MinISeries about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]] who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
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* [[TheDanza Another James]], last name [[Creator/JamesFranco Franco]], portrayed him in the 2001 MadeForTVMovie ''James Dean'', to much acclaim.
* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', which is a {{biopic}} about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]] who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', which is a {{biopic}} about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]] who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
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* [[TheDanza Another James]], last name [[Creator/JamesFranco Franco]], portrayed him in the 2001 MadeForTVMovie {{biopic}} ''James Dean'', to much acclaim.
* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of NatalieWood'', which is Wood'', a {{biopic}} biopic MinISeries about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]] who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie
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!!Portrayals in fiction:
* [[TheDanza Another James]], last name [[Creator/JamesFranco Franco]], portrayed him in the 2001 MadeForTVMovie ''James Dean'', to much acclaim.
* Nick Carpenter played him in ''The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', which is a {{biopic}} about the [[Creator/NatalieWood eponymous actress]] who starred with Dean in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
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In 2019, 64 years after his death, it was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703 announced]] that "Dean" (more accurately his likeness) would be "appearing" in a new film called ''Finding Jack'', set during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar (a conflict which did not begin in earnest until after he died). This met with considerable backlash and is widely regarded as a publicity stunt. The filmmakers [[https://variety.com/2019/film/news/james-dean-finding-jack-cgi-1203399187/ defended]] their decision to "cast" Dean in the film, saying that it was approved by his family... however he was an only child with no children of his own, and his own parents are long dead, so the family in question is [[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/dec/11/james-dean-plays-with-cousin-marcus-winslow-in-snow-1955-thats-me-in-picture his first cousin Marcus Winslow]] (his paternal aunt's son), who was 11 years old when he died, so this approval is ''also'' highly contentious.
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In 2019, 64 years after his death, it was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703 announced]] that "Dean" (more accurately his likeness) would be "appearing" in a new film called ''Finding Jack'', set during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar (a conflict which did not begin in earnest until after he died). This met with considerable backlash and is widely regarded as a publicity stunt. The filmmakers [[https://variety.com/2019/film/news/james-dean-finding-jack-cgi-1203399187/ defended]] their decision to "cast" Dean in the film, saying that it was approved by his family... however he was an only child with no children of his own, and his own parents are long dead, so the family in question is [[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/dec/11/james-dean-plays-with-cousin-marcus-winslow-in-snow-1955-thats-me-in-picture his first cousin Marcus Winslow]] (his paternal aunt's son), who was 11 years old when he died, so this approval is ''also'' highly contentious.
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A symbol of cool for teenagers of the [[TheFifties 1950s]] and nowadays for his being (reportedly) bisexual. His relatively short career and enduring popularity also makes him something of a real-life EnsembleDarkhorse.
The roles that made him famous (Cal Trask in ''Film/EastOfEden'' and Jim Stark in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'') were TroubledButCute guys with {{Freudian Excuse}}s; his role as Jett Rink in ''Film/{{Giant}}'' was an attempt to break away from being {{typecast|ing}} as troubled teens.
The roles that made him famous (Cal Trask in ''Film/EastOfEden'' and Jim Stark in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'') were TroubledButCute guys with {{Freudian Excuse}}s; his role as Jett Rink in ''Film/{{Giant}}'' was an attempt to break away from being {{typecast|ing}} as troubled teens.
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A symbol of cool for teenagers of the [[TheFifties 1950s]] and nowadays for his being (reportedly) bisexual. His relatively short career and enduring popularity also makes him something of a real-life EnsembleDarkhorse.
EnsembleDarkhorse. The roles that made him famous (Cal Trask in ''Film/EastOfEden'' and Jim Stark in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'') were TroubledButCute guys with {{Freudian Excuse}}s; his role as Jett Rink in ''Film/{{Giant}}'' was an attempt to break away from being {{typecast|ing}} as troubled teens.
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[[TheDanza Another James]], [[Creator/JamesFranco Franco]], portrayed him in the 2001 MadeForTVMovie ''James Dean'', to much acclaim.
[[TheDanza Another James]], [[Creator/JamesFranco Franco]], portrayed him in the 2001 MadeForTVMovie ''James Dean'', to much acclaim.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: He was known for his extreme mood swings and may have suffered from undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He was known for his extreme mood swings and may have suffered from undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder.
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!!James Dean is Dean's roles are commonly associated with the following tropes:
* AmbiguousDisorder: He was known for his extreme mood swings and may have suffered from undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder.tropes:
* AmbiguousDisorder: He was known for his extreme mood swings and may have suffered from undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder.
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* PlatonicLifePartners: With Creator/ElizabethTaylor.
* SedgwickSpeech: His passenger on the fateful car trip survived, and reported that his last words were reassurance that the other driver could see them.
* SmallTownBoredom: Sent from Los Angeles to live with his aunt and uncle in tiny Fairmount, Indiana at age 9 after his mother died, he left town as soon as he graduated high school (though he kept in touch with his friends and family).
* SedgwickSpeech: His passenger on the fateful car trip survived, and reported that his last words were reassurance that the other driver could see them.
* SmallTownBoredom: Sent from Los Angeles to live with his aunt and uncle in tiny Fairmount, Indiana at age 9 after his mother died, he left town as soon as he graduated high school (though he kept in touch with his friends and family).
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* BiTheWay: When [[MistakenForGay asked if he was homosexual]], he is reported to have replied, "Well, I'm certainly not going through life with one hand tied behind my back." In recent years, his male best friend revealed that they were sexually intimate. He is also known to have had relationships with women.
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In 2019, 64 years after his death, it was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703 announced]] that "Dean" (more accurately his likeness) would be "appearing" in a new film called ''Finding Jack'', set during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar (a conflict which did not begin in earnest until after he died). This met with considerable backlash and is widely regarded as a publicity stunt. The filmmakers [[https://variety.com/2019/film/news/james-dean-finding-jack-cgi-1203399187/ defended]] their decision to "cast" Dean in the film, saying that it was approved by his family... however he was an only child with no children of his own, and his own parents are long dead, so the family in question is a first cousin who was a child when he died, so this approval is ''also'' considered highly contentious.
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In 2019, 64 years after his death, it was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703 announced]] that "Dean" (more accurately his likeness) would be "appearing" in a new film called ''Finding Jack'', set during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar (a conflict which did not begin in earnest until after he died). This met with considerable backlash and is widely regarded as a publicity stunt. The filmmakers [[https://variety.com/2019/film/news/james-dean-finding-jack-cgi-1203399187/ defended]] their decision to "cast" Dean in the film, saying that it was approved by his family... however he was an only child with no children of his own, and his own parents are long dead, so the family in question is a [[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/dec/11/james-dean-plays-with-cousin-marcus-winslow-in-snow-1955-thats-me-in-picture his first cousin Marcus Winslow]] (his paternal aunt's son), who was a child 11 years old when he died, so this approval is ''also'' considered highly contentious.
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