According to James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio almost didn't play Jack in 'Titanic.'
Earlier this week, Avatar: The Way of Water director and screenwriter James Cameron set down with GQ in order to talk about his latest movie. The acclaimed filmmaker ended upgoing through all his films, and revealed some behind-the-scenes information about every project he’s done. One of them was, of course, Titanic, a movie that is a landmark for both his career and cinema itself.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY “So Leo came in, of course, charmed everybody, myself included, and I said ‘All right, let’s see what your chemistry’s like with Kate.’ So he comes in a couple of days later […] he didn’t know he was gonna test. He came in, he thought it was another meeting to meet Kate. And I said ‘Okay, so we’ll just go in the next room and we’ll just, we’ll run some lines and I’ll video it.
Needless to say, the Titanic story could have gone a lot differently if DiCaprio hadn’t felt angry at Cameron. As the director continues telling the story, he reveals that the young actor was so frustrated that the director wasn’t willing to give him the role on the spot, that he decided to audition out of spite. What happened next was magical:
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