James Cameron has talked prior to now about how Leonardo DiCaprio virtually refused to learn for the function of Jack Dawson in Titanic. In a current interview, Cameron went on to say that DiCaprio initially didn’t even wish to be within the film.
Talking to Individuals on the Golden Globes this previous weekend, Cameron joked that DiCaprio had no need to be a number one man, with the legendary director saying that he needed to “twist his arm” with a view to get DiCaprio into the film.
“He didn’t wish to do a number one man,” Cameron stated. “I needed to actually twist his arm to be within the film. He didn’t wish to do it. He thought it was boring.”
Cameron went on to say that DiCaprio solely ended up taking the function after the director was capable of persuade him that the function of Jack Dawson was “a troublesome problem,” then praised DiCaprio’s expertise. “It didn’t shock me, to start with, that he’s made quite a lot of genuine selections going ahead. And secondly, I by no means doubted his expertise.”
Initially launched in 1997, Titanic turned a smash hit from the second it premiered, with reward from critics and audiences alike pouring in. The movie was the primary ever film to achieve the billion-dollar mark on the field workplace and remained the highest-grossing movie of all time till Cameron would go on to beat it with one other movie of his in 2009 — Avatar.
For these seeking to re-live the 1997 movie, Titanic is at the moment set to be rereleased in 3D 4K HDR on February 10, 2023.
