“I tested three times for the part. The director, Nicholas Ray, was besieged by dozens of girls wanting to play Judy. After weeks of waiting, I heard the part was mine. But I had to keep quiet because the studio wanted to announce it at the right moment. I felt like running through the halls of Warner’s!”
Natalie Wood on her casting as Judy in “Rebel Without a Cause;” Natalie Wood and James Dean in a screen test for “Rebel Without a Cause,” 1955.
Natalie Wood and James Dean on the set of Rebel Without A Cause
Natalie Wood, James Dean, and Sal Mineo in a screen test for “Rebel Without a Cause,” 1955.