The two men made small talk about Dean's ability to predict days that people would die - he got his own wrong - before a long pause when they looked into each other's eyes.īrando leaned in and kissed him, the book says.
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Instead it was in 1949 when, after an extended stay in Paris, Brando flew back to New York to make a public appearance at the Actors Studio where he had studied under Strasberg.įollowing his lead role in A Streetcar Named Desire on both the stage and the screen Brando was being idolized and wanted to give a speech at his alma mater.Īt the back of the audience was a young man who Brando would later describe to Bobby Lewis, one of the founders of the actor's studio, as staring at him so intently he 'felt my skin burning'.īrando thought that Dean had a 'childlike sincerity' and thought Dean was in love with him - and he was right.Īfterwards Dean introduced himself by telling Brando that he was his 'greatest fan' and that he was confused about many things but 'not confused in my admiration for you'. They reveal that the first time Brando met Dean was not on the set of East of Eden in 1954 as he claimed in his own memoir, 'Songs My Mother Taught Me'.
The book is based on conversations with sources and veteran gossip journalists who had known Dean before his death in 1955 at the age of 24. In James Dean: Tomorrow Never Comes, which is due out next on Blood Moon Productions, authors Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince reveal that their relationship was far more complex than had been thought. In some ways Dean was considered the successor to Brando and only got his roles in Rebel Without a Cause and East of Eden because Brando turned them both down. The two men both studied under acting coach Lee Strasberg, they were both discovered by director Elia Kazan and they were both intense, brooding characters. But a book says the two men were engaged in a sadomasochistic relationship, with Brando the exploiter
Brando had turned down a role in the movie, but was photographed behind the scenes while Dean was filming. On set: Brando and Dean on the set East of Eden in 1955.