Justine Waddell stars in the 2004 biopic as the late stunner whose troubled life came to a mysterious end with her 1981 drowning. Natalie Gurdin: Alice Krige. Robert Wagner: Michael Weatherly. Warren Beatty: Mattew Settle. James Dean: Nick Carpenter. Nicholas Ray: Robert Taylor. Based on a series of books on Wood, the film also features commentary from her sister Lana, actor Robert Vaughn and other friends. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.