Kate Winslet Reveals Shocking Truth Behind Titanic’s Floating Door Scene With Leonardo DiCaprio

Since its release in 1997, Titanic has remained a cultural phenomenon, sparking endless debate and fascination. From ogling over young Leo to breaking down each individual scene, the Academy Award winning film has sparked conversation and debate in a way not many films have managed to do—and there’s one scene in particular that gets the most chatter. 

The scene, of course, is the door scene. Submerged in the frigid water, Kate Winslet’s character of Rose is hoisted upon a floating wooden door while grasping onto Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack, and to this day, many have argued that there was plenty of room for the both of them to fit on the makeshift flotation device, potentially saving Jack’s life. 

The moment in the film is just about as dramatic as it gets. You can almost feel the temperature through the screen, and the heartbreaking moment in which Rose bids farewell to Jack while the infamous theme music plays in the background is ever-so-gut-wrenching. Recently, Winslet revealed behind-the-scenes secrets about the movie magic that brought the iconic door scene to life—and it left us truly shocked!

Of course, these famed actors weren’t actually floating in the ocean. However, it was revealed that the tank in which they filmed wasn’t nearly as bottomless as it looked. As a matter of fact, DiCaprio was quite literally on his knees!

"Well that was quite an awkward tank..because to burst the bubble, it was waist height at that time,” Winslet recently revealed at a Q&A ahead of her new film Lee, as reported by PEOPLE. 

We may never know how DiCaprio managed to appear submerged in such shallow water, but his performance was as convincing as ever!

“There was constant water rushing and you could hear the constant sound of water," Winslet shared of the infinity pool-type tank they filmed in. The 48-year-old actress added that in the final 22 minutes of the movie, everybody is fully invested in the moment "because you can hear this water noise the whole time." 

While this shallow tub made for an excellent aid for a moment that has gone down in film history, it was something of a pain for Winslet and her fellow actors. During the Q&A, Winslet recalled that if she needed to use the bathroom while filming, she had to leave the door, wade through the water, and climb out of the tank, then repeat the whole process. “It's terrible,” she shared. 

While it’s been a long while since Titanic first hit theaters, the film remains iconic and has a place in pop culture history that cannot be altered. With each passing year, new generations discover Titanic, and the debates around its most iconic moments, like the door scene, continue to spark conversation.

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