Was commonly listed as 5' 3" wearing heels in movie magazines, though her actual height was 5' 0".
Was offered the role of Daisy in The Great Gatsby (1974). At the time, it had been 5 years since Natalie had made a film. She was asked to do a screen test, and felt so offended that she withdrew from the role. After this, Natalie was no longer offered plum roles due to the fact that she had been forgotten after years away from acting, despite being younger than popular actresses of the time such as Jane Fonda.
Was one of the many actresses considered for the title role in Norma Rae (1979) which went to Sally Field.
Was scheduled to make her stage debut in "Anastasia" in February 1982 and play the love interest of Timothy Hutton in a film called "Country of the Heart." Unfortunately, both projects were canceled due to her death.
Was the youngest nominee in her category each of the three times she was nominated for an Oscar, the first being when she was 17 and the last when she was 25.
While taking classes at UCLA, she turned down the role of Elaine in The Graduate (1967) that went to Katharine Ross.
Wood knew screenwriter Gavin Lambert as both were intimates of director Randy Suhr. In the early 1960s, he wrote a novel about a Hollywood child star in the 1930s, Inside Daisy Clover (1965). After reading the book, Wood telephoned Lambert and said, "I'd kill for that part." He assured her she was his first choice for the movie, for which he was writing the screenplay. She got the part and Ruth Gordon got her first Oscar nomination as an actress for portraying Daisy's mother.
Younger sister Lana Wood made a ABC TV special on Natalie's life, The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004) (TV).