Is Paul Newman a fan of James Dean?
James Dean was to star in the 1956 film Somebody Up There Likes Me — his untimely death in a car accident in 1955 sent studio bosses scrambling. After an exhaustive search for the “new James Dean,” little-known actor Paul Newman was cast in the film’s lead role. Film executives felt Newman looked more like Dean than any of the other actors considered. Dean’s death was a fortuitous event in young Newman’s film career.