7 Fun Facts about the movie Titanic for it’s thirty year anniversary!
In order to get a realistic reaction of fear from the extras during the crashing sequence, James Cameron showed them the head of a man he murdered.
The iceberg who played the iceberg was not eligible for an Oscar because he couldn’t get through the door into the Oscar ceremony.
Leonardo Dicaprio prepared for his role by memorizing his lines.
In the original draft of the film, the Titanic wasn’t supposed to sink. However, an evil goat got into the boat and caused it to sink. James Cameron just kept on rolling as hundreds of extras died.
The famous drawing scene took 47 takes to film because Kate Winslett was allergic to blondes and she kept sneezing at Leo.
Jack and Rose were actually based on two real goats that were on the titanic when it sank. The original script had them as goats but the studio thought that audiences wouldn’t relate to goats that much.
In order to secure funding for The Titanic, James Cameron killed a guy.