Leonardo DiCaprio and more actors inspired by James Dean

Late Hollywood icon James Dean On Saturday, February 8, 94 would turn if his life was not tragically short.

Dean became an icon of the 1950s adolescent uprising for its electric but sensitive depiction of the problem youth them Stark in 1955 Rebel without causewhich was nominated for the best film about the film Oscar in the following year (but lost to Love me or let me). The actor appeared only in eight films before his tragic death at the age of 24 in 1955 after his Porsche 550 Spyder was involved in the front collision near Cholame in California. Dean’s laminated and often poignant acts Rebel without cause and East of Eden It continues to inspire stars from later generations, with the two films mentioned above together with the posthumously release of 1956 GiantBeing in the National Film Register by the Congress Library.

When we celebrate Dean at this milestone date, continue moving and see the legendary actors who still inspire almost a century after his birth.

Leonardo DiCaprio

The Titanic Star said Period In 2016 he felt “incredibly moved Jimmy Dean” East of EdenDrama of the First World War, in which Dean played dissatisfied teenager Caleb Trask.

“There was something so raw and powerful about the show.” His vulnerability … his confusion about his history, his identity, despair, which is to be loved. This performance broke my heart, ”said DiCaprio.

DiCaprio was attached to playing Dean in Biopic from Heat director Michael Mann At the age of 90, but the project never got out of the country.

“We saw clips.” GiantAnd then (Mann) put me in the back of the car with the cowboy hat, “he confirmed in 2016.” But I was a very young child, even though I was young. He decided to wait a few years, but I … looked really young. ”

Johnny Depp

Dela often attributed his discovery Dean as a “catalyst” that he gave up his musical career to become an actor. After he received a copy of the Dean’s biography, he was fascinated by the late adolescent idol Mutant from Bandmate in the 80’s.

“I watched while reading the book.” Rebel without causeAnd I thought, “Masters, the guy really has something,” and I was addicted, “Depp said in Document 2005 BBC Radio 2.

Future Edward Scissorhands Star found that Dean was an adoptor of the acting method where he used a number of physical and sociological techniques developed by a Russian actor Konstantin Stanislavski and popularized by the teacher Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler and Sanford Meisner in the United States.

“I wasn’t really acting at the time, but when I read Dean.” I also got up The actor is preparing Author: Stanislavski and was fascinated by the whole concept of the “method”, Depp said. “When I read that Dean was also from school” methods “, it all joined me.” So it was a really important period for me, about three or four years before I decided to become an actor – and James Dean was a catalyst. ”

Robert Pattinson

The Batman The actor played in Biopik 2015 LifeWhere did Dean’s best friend play Stock Dennis opposite Dane Dehaan as Giant star.

Pattinson touched his personal feelings about Dean while promoting Life at the International Film Festival in Berlin 2015, where mentioned Feeling a kinship with the legend on the screen at the beginning of your career.

“I think a lot of (young) actors have their own, but, however, James Dean Phase, where every audition, no matter what part is, come and make James Dean the impression of James Dean.” I definitely had one of them, ”he joked. “He’s definitely iconic.”

The Dusk The star later confessed Watchman that he has never been lobbied to play Dean Life Because “he didn’t even know where to start” to prepare for a role. Pattinson said he acknowledged that there were similarities in the way both actors avoided the disturbing press coverage.

“(When) the first.” Dusk I went out, I would definitely say stupid things just so that I don’t sound the cutter on the biscuits or part of the machine, ”Pattinson admitted.

Dane Dehaan

Pattinson’s Life Costar confirmed at the time of Biopic that Dean was always a model for him. Dehaan played Dean at the end of his life in drama 2015 as he traveled throughout the United States with his photographer Pal Dennis Stock (Pattinson).

“(Dean) has always been one of my favorite actors, so when I was in an acting school, I watched his films.” Was amazing, ”Dehaan said in an interview with Canvas when Life was released. “That’s always for me, acting inspiration.”

Dehaan pointed to East of Eden as his favorite dean’s performance, but he acknowledged it Rebel without cause and Giant They were also important influences on his style of playing. He worked with a dialect and a make -up artist when building his Life Performance, except for wearing a wig and fake ears Okard to match Dean’s physicality.

“The physicality (performance) comes most of the efforts to understand who was as a human,” Dehaan explained. “If I have a strong and specific inner life, I think that physicality follows.”

Robert de niro

Double Oscar The win of de niro chose Deana along with MONTGOMERY CLIFT and Marlon BrandoIn an interview for 2015 with Amateur cigar As three actors were “affected” while growing up.

The Taxi driver The star even studied the “method” at Stella Adler Adler and Lee Strasberg’s Actors Studio, where Dean chased his craft in the early 1950s.

In a An interview from 1994De Niro suggested that Dean’s performance was particularly magic for young actors because it seemed unrivaled.

“When you saw James Dean.” East of EdenHe was great, but you can’t do what he could do, ”De Niro said.

Nicolas Cage

Like Depp, Cage often quoted Dean as a decisive early influence that helped him decide to perform. Cage comes from the important Hollywood family – Coppolas – but said 60 minutes Dean’s work inspired him most.

“The point was to be James Dean.” Rebel without cause And wearing the red jacket, ”Cage said about his teenagers.

During a lecture at SXSW in 2014, Cage was selected by Dean’s performance East of Eden as particularly meaningful to him.

“I started to act because I wanted to be James Dean.” I saw him in Rebel without cause, East of Eden“Cage repeated. “Nothing affected me – no rock song, no classical music – the way Dean influenced me.” paradise. It threw me down. I was glad, “That’s what I want to do.”

Martin Sheen

Triple victory Emmy West Wing The actor was the main speaker for the global media event James Dean 50. Anniversary in 2007, where he proposed Giant The star “crossed” the art of acting.

“(In 1955) I went to see a movie called East of EdenAnd I didn’t realize he was already killed, ”Sheen he remembered. “I was deeply influenced by his performance and I have been since.” … All three of his films had a deep effect on my life, my work and my generation. ”

Sheen shared his belief that the “core of influence) was that” he hadn’t acted it anymore, that was behavior “in his projects.

“(His acting) was deeply, deeply personal.” This is what attracted me and anyone who was influenced by him, ”Sheen added. “(Had) this deeply, deeply personal involvement in what he’s doing and led us to … really understand (ing) that if it’s not personal, it’s impersonal and if it’s impersonal, no one really don’t care. “