Was Dean really drinking?


In the James Dean biopic with James Franco, you can see Dean drinking on the set while he was filming Rebel Without A Cause. Is this true? Was Dean really drinking when he made Rebel? Was he ever known to drink on the set while making movies?

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I'd like to know the answer to this too. In some of the scenes in this movie he looked TRULY hungover lol I don't know if that's just good acting or if James really was suffering.

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Consider the opening shot was done after they had all been up and working for 24 hours straight, he wouldn't need to be drunk, he could've just been exhausted.

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i dont know for sure, but he had bags under his eyes, and kinda looked a little hungover, but maybe thats just how he looked (he looked like that in some of his other scenes from other movies as well)- it could be the drinking or maybe he just didnt sleep much.

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