Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet were propelled to stardom after Titanic. (Image: Getty)
Kate Winslet has lifted the lid on the less-than-glamorous truth behind the filming Titanic, namely that the famous door scene was not actually shot in the open ocean.
During an interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz, the star, who celebrates her 49th birthday today revealed: “Well, that was quite an awkward tank, that one,” as she opened up about the practicalities of shooting such a memorable moment of the classic movie.
The icon detailed: “To burst a bubble, it was waist-height, that tank. So first of all, I was regularly like, ‘Ugh, can I just go for a pee,’ and then I’d get up, get off the door, walk to the edge of the tank that was sort of 20 feet away, and I’d literally have to fling my leg over and climb out the tank and go for a pee and then come back and crawl on the door again.”
Kate chuckled as she jokingly expressed concern that director James Cameron might reprimand her for revealing too much about behind the scenes of the iconic film.
She concluded by saying: “It’s terrible to admit these things … Leo is, I’m afraid, kneeling down on the bottom of the tank. I shouldn’t be saying any of these things. James Cameron’s gonna be ringing me like, ‘Why are you telling them all that?'”
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Kate Winslet revealed a surprising secret about Titanic’s famous door scene. (Image: Getty)
Kate also revealed that the final scenes of the blockbuster had to be re-recorded due to the original audio being ruined by the noise of water in the tank, confessing that instead of hers and Leonardo DiCaprio’s poignant lines, there was a “constant sound of water”, reports .
She also quipped about the famous door scene, suggesting her Titanic co-star “probably got PTSD from the whole thing”, as fans persistently debate whether there was enough room for Jack on the floating door with Rose.
Released in 1998, the iconic film depicted the sorrowful tale of the RMS Titanic, where over 1,500 people perished in the icy waters of the North Atlantic after the ship struck an iceberg and sank in 1912.
Now, more than two decades later, Kate fondly reminiscences about her enduring friendship with Leonardo, expressing last year: “I feel so grateful for that friendship and it is like family. It’s one of those rare friendships that I feel very blessed to have.”
She fondly recalled their bond during the making of Titanic stating, “It was a real brother-sister thing. We were very, very close and really stuck together”.