Natalie Wood was a rebel without a cause
In the 1950s, Natalie Wood was America’s sweetheart. At the ripe age of sixteen, she got her career-defining moment playing the girlfriend of a troubled teen outsider (who just so happened to be James Dean.) She co-starred alongside the famed actor in Rebel Without A Cause (1955), which landed her an Academy Award nomination.
While most actors smile behind the frustration, Wood actually spoke out about being forced to perform in films she didn’t believe in. Most notably, she felt miscast as a white teen abducted and raised by Native Americans in The Searchers.
