Billy Zane continues to be haunted by his function as Carl nearly three many years later.
Talking to The Specific, the now-56-year-old actor says he feels his casting as Carl was a “double-edged” sword – to at the present time, he says, he feels he is typecast as a villain in Hollywood and strangers typically shout at him on the street.
“There are those that know you are an actor and benefit from the efficiency, and those that fairly merely suppose I am a pure b—–d,” he informed the publication.
”However I am a sheep in wolf’s clothes. Titanic was a double-edged sword.
“It expanded my sphere of affect and consciousness; it is fairly a world calling card. But it surely’s like sporting a pair of golden handcuffs.
”To cite Ian Fleming: This can be a mink-lined cell. Do I want I used to be enjoying extra white hat-hero roles? On a regular basis. I am truly making that occur by creating my very own materials.”
Shortly after starring in Titanic, Zane was forged as Marc Antony within the 1999 Cleopatra miniseries. He additionally notably voiced the function of Ansem within the online game Kingdom Hearts in 2002.
He is continued to star in movies over the many years, and has additionally had appearances in TV exhibits like Charmed, Guilt, The Boys, Deception and Curfew.
