Leonardo DiCaprio almost wasn’t Jack in Titanic

Kate Winslet's revealed another actor was in the running

Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic

by Carl Smith |
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We know it's been, like, twenty years since Titanic first hit cinemas; but we don't think we'll ever be over it tbh. The plot holes, that cast reunion earlier this year, the fact it's our go-to hungover Sunday movie guaranteed to leave us bawling like a baby. It's just bloody brilliant, isn't it?

Well now some news has emerged that's shaken us to our very core, with Kate Winslet revealing a very famous actor almost played the role of Jack Dawson in place of Leonardo DiCaprio.

IMAGINE.

Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
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Speaking on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Kate spilled that a certain Matthew McConaughey was originally Paramount's top pick for Jack; with Leo getting involved later. She said: "I auditioned with Matthew, isn’t that weird?

"Never said that in public before. I auditioned with Matthew, which was completely fantastic. It just wouldn’t have been the whole, Jack and Rose, Kate and Leo thing."

Kate confirmed it was actually director James Cameron who was keen for Leo, and we can't picture it any other way to be quite honest.

In further Titanic-based news, scientist-type fella Neil deGrasse Tyson recently noticed a major plot hole in the movie. He told Huffington Post: "Whether or not he could’ve been successful, I would’ve tried more than once. You try once. ‘Oh, this is not gonna work. I will just freeze to death in the water.’ No, excuse me. No!

"The survival instinct is way stronger than that in everybody, especially in that character. He’s a survivor, right? He gets through. He gets by.

"And I’ll tell you this, if that character was Matt Damon from The Martian, he would’ve made an outboard motor and saved everybody. This is how science can help you!"

Blimey.

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