James Cameron Recreates ‘Titanic’ Floating Door Scene To Prove Whether Jack Could’ve Fit With Rose

James Cameron performed a bid of technological tests to prove, erstwhile and for all, if Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack could person survived the shipwreck by floating connected the makeshift doorway raft alongside Kate Winslet‘s Rose successful Titanic. The statement has raged connected betwixt fans for years, and the Oscar-winning manager yet enactment it to remainder by detailing his findings for the upcoming peculiar Titanic: 25 Years Later With James Cameron, which had a sneak peek connected January 31 connected Good Morning America. The abbreviated answer, according to James: “Jack might’ve lived, but there’s a batch of variables.”

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Using 2 stunt doubles of the aforesaid tallness and value arsenic Leonardo and Kate, James recreated the heartbreaking country astatine the extremity of the movie successful an concern pool. In the archetypal test, James disproves the mentation that determination was capable abstraction connected the raft for the star-crossed lovers to survive. While determination is capable country for “Jack and Rose to get connected the raft, they’re present some submerged successful unsafe levels of freezing water,” James observed successful the footage.

Notably, Kate had argued against this theory during an interrogation successful December, though she wasn’t precisely beardown successful her condemnation initially. “I don’t f***ing know. That’s the answer. I don’t f***ing know,” Kate said. “One happening I tin archer you. If you enactment 2 adults connected a standup paddle board, it becomes instantly unstable. I really don’t judge that we would person survived if we had some gotten connected that door. It would not person been a sustainable idea.”

James Cameron tested to spot if Jack could person survived the Titanic sinking successful the titular movie. (Shutterstock)

For the 2nd test, the stunt doubles positioned themselves connected the raft again, with their precocious halves remaining retired of the water. “Out of the water, [his body’s] convulsive shaking was helping him,” James explained successful the clips. “Projecting it out, helium could’ve made it beauteous long. Like, hours.”

The 3rd trial progressive the stunt doubles performing each of the physically strenuous actions Jack and Rose performed earlier uncovering the doorway raft successful the water, to person them bushed retired similar Jack and Rose. The lone quality betwixt the 3rd and the last trial is that Rose gives Jack her beingness jacket, thing that didn’t hap successful the film, but proved rather invaluable arsenic the determination “stabilized” Jack.

Fans person debated for years if Jack could person survived connected the floating doorway raft alongside Rose. (Shutterstock)

“[Jack’s] stabilized,” James exclaims successful the clip. “He got into a spot wherever if we projected that out, helium conscionable might’ve made it until the lifeboat got there. Jack might’ve lived, but there’s a batch of variables. I deliberation his thought process was, ‘I’m not going to bash 1 happening that jeopardized her,’ and that’s 100 percent successful character.”

And determination we person it: Jack mightiness person lived, if Rose had fixed him her beingness jacket, a crippled instrumentality that didn’t happen. “No definitive answer,” 1 of the GMA hosts claimed arsenic soon arsenic the sneak peek was over.

James surely doesn’t person overmuch to interest astir if the ending wasn’t plausible capable for fans, arsenic they look to gobble up immoderate the creator has to offer. Case successful point, James’ latest movie, Avatar: The Way Of Water, has already brought successful $623.5 cardinal astatine the home container office, taking down The Avengers ($623.4 million) to go the 10th-highest grossing home merchandise of each time. Not excessively shabby considering the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster lone conscionable debuted successful December. Now it ranks down lone Avatar, Avengers: Endgame and Titanic successful presumption of worldwide summons sales. And yes, James was astatine the helm for 3 retired of those apical 4 movies.

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