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Lunch Break Video: Rare footage of Paul Newman and James Dean together for “East of Eden” screen test

http://img.youtube.com/vi/U1sLlcarbu4/0.jpgI don’t think there is anyone more dreamy than a young Paul Newman – except maybe James Dean!

Dean was already cast as the lead Cal Trask in East of Eden. Newman at the time of this screen test was the up and coming actor, was auditioning for the part of brother Aron Trask that eventually went to Richard Davalos.

What a missed opportunity!

Well, we know Dean was at least bisexual so you gotta figure it was not unpleasant to be testing with Newman and the two do seem to have a good and fun chemistry.

So was there anything more to it?

If you believe Darwin Porter’s book Paul Newman: The Man Behind The Baby Blues, the author quotes Marlon Brando as saying of Newman:  “He never fooled me. Paul Newman had just as many on-location affairs as the rest of us, and he was just as bisexual as I was. But, where I was always getting caught with my pants down, he managed to do it in the dark.”

The author claims in the book that Newman and Dean dd have an affair. Newman’s family has dismissed the entire book as “disgusting.”

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  1. Thanks for sharing this little gem, Greg. They do share a wonderful, playful energy!

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