Natalie Wood was probably the right person to cast in Robert Mulligan's "Inside Daisy Clover". It focuses on a teenage girl wrung through the Hollywood machine, something that Wood herself experienced. Dolled up and presented as the next big thing, Daisy has all manner of unpleasant experiences with stardom.
One particular parallel to Wood's life is Daisy's romance with a closeted gay leading man (Wood dated a number of gay men in real life, and even gave Mart Crowley the funds to stage "The Boys in the Band"). I figure that the depiction of homosexuality must've been risky for the time, considering that the Hays Code was still in effect. But whatever the case, the result is a fine and often intense piece of work. In addition to Wood are Christopher Plummer as a machiavellian executive, Ruth Gordon as Daisy's mom, and Robert Redford as the closeted gay actor.
One particular parallel to Wood's life is Daisy's romance with a closeted gay leading man (Wood dated a number of gay men in real life, and even gave Mart Crowley the funds to stage "The Boys in the Band"). I figure that the depiction of homosexuality must've been risky for the time, considering that the Hays Code was still in effect. But whatever the case, the result is a fine and often intense piece of work. In addition to Wood are Christopher Plummer as a machiavellian executive, Ruth Gordon as Daisy's mom, and Robert Redford as the closeted gay actor.