Kate Winslet reveals which Hollywood star nearly landed the role of Jack in Titanic
Over 20 years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio won over fan’s around the world for his portrayal of Jack Dawson in Titanic.
During an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Kate Winslet, who starred as Rose DeWitt Bukator, revealed some interesting details about her audition for the James Cameron film.
Winslet explained that actor Matthew McConaughey was initially the favourite to play Jack.
“I auditioned with Matthew, isn’t that weird?” Winslet told Colbert.
“Never said that in public before. I auditioned with Matthew, which was completely fantastic … It just wouldn’t have been the whole, Jack and Rose, Kate and Leo thing.”
Paramount Pictures preferred McConaughey for the role whilst Cameron insisted for DiCaprio.
During the interview, Winslet also revealed that Cameron, not DiCaprio, drew the sketch in the movie.
Winslet joked that she “totally lied” to DiCaprio during the final scene where Jack dies and that “he just should have tried harder to get on that door. Because I think we would have (fit)!”
Winslet and Colbert then recreated the iconic scene on the talk show host’s desk to see if Jack could’ve survived.
Last month, Cameron spoke to Vanity Fair to discuss his decision to make Jack die in that way.
“Obviously it was an artistic choice, the thing was just big enough to hold her, and not big enough to hold him," the director said. “The film is about death and separation; he had to die. So whether it was that, or whether a smoke stack fell on him, he was going down.”
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