Rising star, Dane DeHaan, has just been cast as iconic rebel, James Dean, in an upcoming biopic about the actors friendship with LIFE magazine photographer, Dennis Stock.
DeHaan, who is best known for his role in the sci-fi hit CHRONICLE and who will be seen as Harry Osborn in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 next year, will star opposite Robert Pattinson in the upcoming film, LIFE.
Pattinson will play Dennis Stock who was a longtime photographer for LIFE magazine and who struck up an unlikely friendship with the brooding young actor, James Dean, who only made three feature films before dying suddenly in a tragic car accident at the age of 24.
Previously, James Franco played the role of James Dean in a made-for-TV biopic called JAMES DEAN before taking on the role of Harry Osborn opposite Tobey Maguire in SPIDER-MAN. We think it’s pretty coincidental to see DeHaan getting cast as Harry and then taking on the role of James Dean, too!