James Dean
Stephen McHattie channels the late actor known for his legendary coolness and brooding charisma. In this film, we follow Dean's ascention to cinematic immortality from his days as a struggling actor working the stage circuit to his starring turns in films such as Giant and Rebel Without A Cause. McHattie sucessfully captures many of Dean's mannerisms and is able to give us a convincing portrayal that really helps us to understand the sometimes tortured motivations of this great film icon, whose influence continues to be fely to this day.