More than twenty years after its premiere, James Cameron’s Titanic is still able to catch the eye, and the main actors of the film still continue to share interesting stories from behind the scenes. The “door scene” which has probably been one of the most anticipated episodes of the overall narrative has once again come into play thanks to the new information received from Kate Winslet. The popular seize, which has Rose played by Kate Winslet buttressing herself on a door after the sinking of the ship while Jack played by Di Caprio remains in the water, provoked imaginations; fans have long wondered if Jack could have gotten on the door and also survived.
But recently, Winslet who played the female lead in the film disclosed one such interesting aspect of that sequence when she said, “The whole sequence was shot in a waist deep tank not in the Atlantic as most people think. “While fans such as myself imagined Winslet and DiCaprio floating helplessly in the middle of the water, the frozen moments were captured under a lot less dramatic conditions. Winslet continued, “There was a platform under us for the crew employed to stand on and the water tank was heated up a wee bit, but was still cold some of the time.”
Even though the conditions were more tolerable, Winslet’s confession regarding the physical limitations was quite a tough nut to crack. Values were in that tank for hours, and the ‘crew’ – I mean there are scenes where the water has to appear cold and it was not always that chilly, she said. About That door – it was highly accessible and very ‘nice-to-lean’ but it was very painful. I understand why this has become a matter of so much discussion!”
Fans have often made fun of and have wondered why both Rose and Jack could fit on the door, leading to several memes and scientific analysis over a span of years. In 1998, Seeking opportunities, he interviewed former Titanic director James Cameron, who enunciated that Jack’s living was not residing on the songwriting door pedestal and rather focused on the self-destructive act of Osborne.
Winslet’s most recent insider information adds one more page to the already existing leaf regarding the last scene of Titanic which is perhaps the most criticized and controversial of all. And it is absolutely true that Titanic has, after 20 years, persuaded an electronic storm once again in pop culture.
