How to pronounce “james dean” in English

With James Dean and Tommy, half of the preparation is getting down all the physical behavior and all that,

And James Dean is doing these things with acting that is totally off the map.

I played James Dean, who was one of Tommy's heroes.

In a James Dean kind of way.

And then considering what James Dean became.

as the next James Dean.

He follows sort of James Dean's footsteps, wants to teach at the Actors Studio.

friends was James Dean, so this was right around the time that James Dean was working.

You'll see him with James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause."

Because he's not quite James Dean, in terms of his star power, how people project him.

But it's very much every take is different that James Dean's doing.

And at this point, James Dean was also that great pop icon after his death.

Up at the observatory, he sees James Dean.

All of this in this sort of attempt to live up to James Dean's legacy.

So I think that has a lot to do with Hopper's experience under James Dean.

And his first movie, "Rebel Without a Cause," shot with James Dean, was almost entirely in Los Angeles, some in Los Feliz, other parts, including

I mean, at the point of "Rebel Without a Cause," James Dean was definitely like the next big thing.

and then his next film is "Giant," also with James Dean, and

So you can imagine, back to back films with James Dean.

Right after when he finished "Giant" in the summer of 1955, James Dean is spectacularly killed, in his Porsche Silver

He was kind of movie star handsome and like James Dean or Marlon Brando -- he's striking that kind of a pose.

with a vampire, and he says, well, I'm the next James Dean.

And so when they're doing this switchblade scene in "Rebel Without a Cause," up at the observatory, it's James Dean, if you remember, and he's against the bully gang leader,

And so, in the course of playing around with real switchblades, James Dean gets cut behind the ear.

Everybody's afraid, "my kid -- he's wearing a leather jacket; he's going to turn out to be James Dean."