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TIL For the movie Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Natalie Wood almost did not get the role of Judy because Nicholas Ray thought that she did not fit the role of the wild teen character. Ray was convinced when someone at the hospital called her a "goddamn juvenile delinquent" after her car accident.

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