LOS ANGELES, Aug 13 — He may have been ‘A Rebel Without A Cause’, but James Dean definitely left his mark in Hollywood.

And now Anton Corbijn’s “Life” will give us a peek into Dean’s life. Robert Pattinson portrays the man responsible for capturing the aura of one of the world's very first movie star-heartthrobs. Pattinson takes on the role of photographer Dennis Stock who sets out to chronicle an up-and-coming actor Dean played by Dane DeHaan.  

The biopic follows Stock and Dean as they travel together and develop a complex relationship as photographer and subject — just as Dean’s star is beginning to rise.

The movie garnered mixed reviews when it played at the Berlin Film Festival in February. “Life” co-stars Ben Kingsley and Joel Edgerton, and has yet to receive a US release date, but it will open in the UK on September 26.

Robert Pattinson plays a photographer who sees something in a then unknown actor in the first trailer for the James Dean biopic ‘Life’. ― Reuters pic