I never had the best relationship with Natalie Wood. It's not that I found her to be a lousy actress, but that she rarely did it for me. But in "Splendor in the Grass", I'm forced to admit that she took the film under her wings and never let it go. Besides Warren
Beatty, who was drooltastic, watching Natalie Wood could have been a test. There are points where the character could have descended ...