While discussing the much-debated movie scene, Kate Winslet has revealed the “door” in the much-debated ‘Titanic’ finale wasn’t a door.
Kate Winslet has revealed the “door” in the much-debated ‘Titanic’ finale wasn’t a door.
The 49-year-old actress played Rose Dewitt Bukater alongside Leonardo Dicaprio, also 49, as Jack Dawson in filmmaker James Cameron’s 1997 film about the doomed Titanic liner, with the film controversially ending with Kate’s character surviving as she sits on what appeared to be a floating door while Jack clings to the side before freezing to death to apparently avoid adding his weight to the wood and causing it to sink with the ship.
Kate has now told her interviewer on Australian talk show The Project when asked if there was “room on the door” that would have saved her lover Jack’s life: “I thought, ‘He's busting out the Titanic question and next he's gonna ask me about the door.’
“I absolutely knew it. But, you know, what I will say that’s really interesting is people keep referring to it as a door. It actually wasn’t even a door.
“It’s a piece of bannister, like stairway or something, that had broken off.
“Who knows if (Jack) could’ve (fitted) on there or not.
“Honestly, I don’t have any insights here that anyone else hasn’t already tried to figure out.”
Armies of ‘Titanic’ fans are still outraged Rose didn’t let Jack share space on the “door”, and still run online forums discussing the scene.
‘Titanic’ director James Cameron, 70, is said to have commissioned a scientific study to determine if there was enough room for both Jack and Rose, with the director and a team of scientists apparently using two stunt doubles to reenact four different scenarios.
He said last year: “Jack might’ve lived, but there’s a lot of variables. I think his thought process was, ‘I’m not gonna do one thing that jeopardizes her’.”
Kate said during a 92nd Street Y question and answer session to promote her new war photographer drama ‘Lee’ her ‘Titanic’ co-star Leonardo has probably developed “PTSD” from being asked so many times about the door scene.
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Oasis fans hoping to get tickets for the band's reunion shows are being asked a trivia question to secure access to a pre-sale ballot.
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
When two people from different walks of life find themselves unable to take their scheduled...
Dramas exploring the nature of death and the true meaning of life are always in...
Love, time and death connect every single human being on earth, we long for love,...
When Myrtle (Tilly) was little, she lived a happy life, along with her mother in...
After a post-apocalyptic dystopia (The Road) and Prohibition-era America (Lawless), Australian director John Hillcoat brings...
Terrell Tompkins and his team of officers are corrupt, finding ways to embellish their wage...
Sidestepping arguments about accuracy, writer Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle take an artistic, impressionistic...
Steve Jobs was an entrepreneur from the day of his birth and became one of...
Audiences looking for a French historical costume drama should look elsewhere, but those who enjoy...
A sharp improvement on the original, this second entry in The Divergent Series has a...
In the palace of Versailles, a tremendous garden is maintained. One day, the builder and...
Following on from the events of 'Divergent', the mysterious government has discovered a magical maguffin...
Following the revelation that she is Divergent and not specialised for any of the dystopian...