| Re: On This Day
Quote: | Originally Posted by fixxlevy Did you know that James Dean had been in the company of Alec Guinness and shown him his new car, wereupon Guinness, as soon as he laid hands on the bonnet told him that if he were to keep this car, he would die in it within a very short period? In his book, 'Mixed Blessings', Guinness goes on to say that he had no idea where this somewhat prophetic, yet conversationally killing warning had come from but unfortunately why was borne out less than two weeks later. |
Have never heard about that; an amazing feat of prophecy by Sir Alec.
Although, considering the fact that the inexperienced (as a race driver) Dean was tackling a high-powered rear-engined race car with quirky handling characteristics, it was probably not too great a stretch as educated guesses go.
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