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James Dean and Marlon Brando — Hollywood's Troubled Romance Nobody Knew About (A Thread):
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i'm hoping that all of my mutuals know who James Dean and Marlon Brando are. But if you don't, here's a little summary of both hollywood actors:
James Dean — Born on 1931, James Dean was a hollywood actor who had his prime era during the 1950s, and gained popularity thanks to his role as Jim Stark in the movie Rebel Without A Cause (1955).
Despite only being in just 3 movies his entire career, James Dean became quickly one of the most important figures in Old Hollywood during the 20th Century. He also is considered to be one of the biggest sex symbols of all time thanks to his appealing attractiveness.
He died in 1955, at the age of 24 years old, in a car accident. There's a conspiracy theory that says his car was cursed and he was just another part of the long list of victims that this car took their lives from. But that's info for another thread.
Marlon Brando — Born in 1924, Marlon Brando was a Hollywood actor with a career spanning of more than 60 years. He is considered to be one of the best actors that's ever graced the film industry and one of the most influential people of the 20th century.
He's best known for his role as Don Vito Corleone in the Godfather series, which he won an oscar for. In his early years, he was also considered to be a sex symbol due to his huge attractiveness and sex appeal.
Dean and Brando met each other in 1949, New York City, when Brando was finishing the filming of his then most recent film, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). He then showed up at Lee Strasberg's Actor's Studio, to give a ted talk about acting.
At that moment, young James Dean was studying in the institution. He was very obsessed with Brando's work and considered him to be one of his biggest idols so that was a very starstruck moment for him.
As years went by, while both of them were the biggest and most important actors of that era, the two got closer. Even some people confirm that Dean confessed to Brando that he wasn't sure about anything in his life, except for his admiration for him.
From Truman Capote (Breakfast at Tiffany's author) to Stanley Haggart (One of Dean's close friends), they said that Dean chased Brando wherever he went to. But Brando only wanted to know something from him when it came to his "needs".
It was known by both Brandon and Dean's closest friends that the two were having a sadomasochistic sexual relationship, where Brando was The Master and Dean was the submssive. Their sexual encounters were very violent and rough, and even sometimes cigarettes were involved.
To be more specific, both Brando and Dean enjoyed using cigarettes in their sexual encounters, in a more explicit way, James liked being burned by them and Marlon loved burning them on Dean's bare skin.
"I think Brando was using Jimmy for his sadomasochistic needs, taking advantage of Jimmy's obsession with him." Stanley Haggart explained.
"I really think Jimmy fell in love with Brando that year. I don't think Brando, instead, ever loved Jimmy. I had encounters with him three times and every time he was with Jimmy, Marlon seemed to be in love with Brando." Said Alec Wilder, author of James Dean's biography book.
Marlon Brandon always denied all the rumours that tied him with Dean, and even denied they ever had a close relationship. He said he didn't even consider him a friend.
However, it wasn't until the last years of his life that he confessed to the media that he was in fact, bisexual...and enjoyed having sex with both men and women.
On the other hand, James Dean never confirmed or denied the rumours. And he also was very open about his sexuality, saying: "I'm not gay, but I'm also not gonna spend my life with one hand tied behind my back".
end of thread. Thank you so much for reading and Happy Bisexual Visibility day! #BisexualVisibilityDay
