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Post by hi224 on Jun 3, 2020 19:16:04 GMT
I could see him in most of Newmans roles from 56-61
and in Rock Hudsons role in Seconds
splendor in the grass
Maybe blue Velvet?
i think his screen persona could've been played with
he could've subverted his image in later movies
ie the aging teenage rebel turned on its head in roles like Seconds and Blue Velvet akin to what William Holden did with the Wild Bunch
magine James Dean as Norman Bates, Clyde Barrow, Sonny Corleone, or Frank Booth? I could see him taking a small part in a Tarantino movie later on possibly.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 3, 2020 20:12:41 GMT
There are any number of Steve McQueen's better-known roles in which it's not difficult to imagine Dean, for instance:
The Magnificent Seven
The Great Escape
Love With the Proper Stranger (which would have reunited him with Natalie Wood; that would've been fun)
The Cincinnati Kid (good fit)
Maybe The Sand Pebbles
Bullitt (another good fit)
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Post by mattgarth on Jun 3, 2020 20:17:49 GMT
Billy the Kid in THE LEFT-HANDED GUN
in PARRISH instead of Troy
FEAR STRIKES OUT
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 3, 2020 20:37:02 GMT
I cant see him as Sonny Corleone since the book describes him as a muscular bruiser type.
He was kind of on the wiry side wasn't he?
Maybe a few Jack Nicholson parts could have gone to him?
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 3, 2020 20:45:59 GMT
Clyde Barrow and Wyatt (Easy Rider) come to mind.
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Post by cynthiagreen on Jun 3, 2020 22:24:41 GMT
It could well be that as with many who made an early impact his career would have tailed off into mediocrity - lesser roles in lesser films
With that in mind I'll give him the James Darren role in THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, a BEACH PARTY Movie, the Robert Wagner role in THE TOWERING INFERNO, a cameo as himself in FEDORA, two LOVE BOATS, a FANTASY ISLAND , HEAVEN's GATE, replacing Dennis Hopper in JUNGLE WARRIORS (imagine Marjoe Gortner being unavailable), several roles supporting Karen Black, an occasional recurring role as Jessica's cousin in MURDER SHE WROTE, being edited out of KILL BILL 2 as Daryl Hannah's dad, and a bit part (literally) in PIRANHA 3D
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Post by marshamae on Jun 4, 2020 16:18:34 GMT
Dean as Sonny corleon to Brando as the father! Yow!
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 4, 2020 23:26:30 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Jun 5, 2020 14:46:00 GMT
Steve Andrews in 'The Blob' (1958).
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