James Dean’s alleged secret gay romance might soon be coming to the big screen

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James Dean will forever be the quintessential Hollywood hearthtrob.

Though a car crash cut his life tragically short at 24, the actor’s iconic roles in classics like East Of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause, and Giant solidified him as an eternal star with an on-screen smolder that still makes audiences weak in the knees.

Naturally, the media was utterly obsessed with who Dean was dating back in the day, linking him to fellow performers like Teresa‘s Pier Angeli and Dr. No‘s Ursula Andress. But his seeming unwillingness to “settle down” with any one person (it really was a different time!) frequently led to him being group with names like Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter as the town’s most “eligible bachelors.”

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