Rob Pattinson: The New James Dean, Marlon Brando?
Rob’s brooding good looks and the film, about eternal love and teen angst, are strikingly similar to two monumental teen idols from previous generations – James Dean and Marlon Brando - who starred in similar movies.
Every other generation or so, an actor comes along who captures the imagination of their contemporaries. Brando and Dean were those actors in the 1950s.
Rob is having the same breakout success as they did. Ironically, both Brando and Dean became international sensations in coming-of-age movies about teenage angst in tumultuous times.
What makes them so alike and what makes them different?
Dean, a relative unknown, vaulted to fame in “East of Eden,” a film based on a novel by Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck. He played the troubled son of a farmer in a story loosely based on the Biblical tale of Cain and Abel.
His performance in the film foreshadowed his role as Jim Stark in “Rebel Without A Cause”which has parallels to “Twilight.” Both characters are angst-ridden, and misunderstood outcasts, trying to find themselves.
In “Rebel Without a Cause,” a 1955 film, Dean’s 17-year-old character, is a new to town. He’s moody and alienated, and different from than the others in his high school much like Edward Cullen.
He meets, Judy, played by Natalie Wood,, a budding actress who would go on to international fame and must confront the school bullies.
The film was an attempt to portray the moral decay of American youth with a focus on parents who failed to assert moral discipline. But it was also about the pressure to conform and about being different – two themes that also appear in “Twilight.”
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James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
Marlon Brando, The Wild One, 1953
Robert Pattinson, Twilight, 2008
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Comment by Sabrina Salomon on August 23, 2009 at 7:04pm -
Totally YES! I've been always saying that! from the first time I saw his twilight look!
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Comment by Belinda( dazzle by Rob) on August 23, 2009 at 7:44pm -
they are really sexies
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Comment by TwiRoxSox on August 23, 2009 at 7:53pm -
Nope, he's in his own league
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Comment by YeyeCullen on August 23, 2009 at 9:33pm -
Totally agree with that, I think that Robert and Dean are so alike, the shape of their face, and some features, both are handsome, but Dean is soooo sexy !!!
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Comment by Agnieszka on August 23, 2009 at 10:19pm -
Hopefully he won't end up like those guys - dead too soon or morbidly obese :P
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Comment by Pampire on August 23, 2009 at 10:47pm -
Yeah I could definitely see that happening. This guy is gonna go far, for sure!
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Comment by Vale on August 24, 2009 at 2:19am -
Um, James Dean was gay...But Marlon Brando is ok....
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Comment by Vamp...ERY on August 24, 2009 at 4:38am -
James Dean is my favorite actor. He was great! I
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