Titanic secrets revealed following Kate Winslet sharing behind-the-scenes details (Image: 20th Century Fox production)
royalty Kate Winslet has confessed that the heart-wrenching scene in which sees Rose and Jack [Leonardo Di Caprio] floating in the ocean, waiting for rescue, was incredibly “awkward”.
The 48-year-old star revealed it was not as captivating in real life as it was on the big screen.
The story of the Titanic has gripped the world for over 100 years with the film becoming a global success – and even landing on the likes of due to popular demand. It was originally released back in 1998 and in 2012 was re-released.
Reports have suggested that it has amassed over $2.217 billion at the box office. However, fans have been left even more gripped over the story since the earlier this year, .
In a chat with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast Kate shared that one of the most iconic scenes was captured in a small tank using high technology to create the indelible moment. She was heard saying it was done in a “waist-height” tank, not in the heart of the sea as it seems.
“Well, that was quite an awkward tank, that one,” admitted the acclaimed actress. She explained: “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’,” she said.
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Titanic was a globel success after premiering on 23 January 1998 (Image: 20th Century Fox production)
“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,” added Kate.
The conversation surfaced some of her fondest memories as she reminisced about creating the iconic film.
Kate also shared that she was often left worried on set after fearing that her laugh would cause a row from film director James Cameron for ruining the magic.
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Titanic followed the tragic love story of Rose and Jack (Image: 20th Century Fox production)
Although she could not help but reveal: “It’s terrible to admit these things … Leo [Leonardo Di Caprio] 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?'”.
It has also been reported that the piece of wood panelling Jack insisted Rose use was inspired by real wreckage. According to the magazine Grazia, “Cameron regularly visited the museum when researching for the Oscar-winning film, which led him to use a similar piece of wood to stage Jack and Rose’s emotional final moment.”
Kate also shared that when they were filming on one part of the set the film’s hair and makeup teams were unable to reach them, so she would hide Leo’s makeup and brushes in one side of her dress, and her own makeup and brushes in the other. She sweetly took on the role of doing it for the pair of them.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that Kate hounded the director as she knew the role was perfect for her, and never ended up formally auditioning.
During the scene where you watch Jack sketching Rose, you aren’t really watching Leo’s, 49, hands, instead, they are James Cameron’s, 70. It has been said that he did all of the artwork in the sketchbook.
His portrait of a nude Winslet from Titanic sold for $16,000 in 2011. The print was pivotal in the film because it paved the way for a treasure hunter to find Rose 84 years later.