In 1955,
James Dean had his first major screen role as
Cal Trask in
East of Eden. Here, he and
Paul Newman shoot a screen test in New York for the lead roles of the Trask brothers. (The character of
Aron Trask went to actor
Richard Davalos.)
omg.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1sLlcarbu4[/youtube]
(wait for the sound at 00:07;
Dean says "Kiss me." at 00:14.)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejILKc1QrcM&NR=1[/youtube]
(in a few years, with the way technology is going, can you imagine an alternate Brokeback Mountain with...Paul Newman and James Dean?