Before Casting Kate Winslet, James Cameron Had Another Plan for 'Titanic'

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Currently a features writer at Collider, Elisa Guimarães is an arts and entertainment journalist and a critic with over a decade of experience. Passionate about movies and TV shows as a whole, she started her career when she was still in college, writing for a local newspaper after a brief stint in film school.

The Big Picture There are some movie roles that become so memorable for an actor's portrayal that it is hard to imagine any other performer in that part. The idea of a remake alone seems absurd, let alone a recast for a sequel. Sometimes, it can be even hard to accept the notion that the performer we so deeply associate with said role had to audition for it and that they could've been replaced by someone else. These are your Terminators , your Brides , your Professor Snapes ...

Release Date November 19, 1997 Director James Cameron Cast Leonardo DiCaprio , Kate Winslet , Billy Zane , Kathy Bates , Frances Fisher , Gloria Stuart Runtime 194 minutes Writers James Cameron Studio Paramount Pictures Before 'Titanic,' Kate Winslet Made a Name for Herself in Period Pieces Viewers nowadays have no problem imagining Kate Winslet in more modern roles.

James Cameron Almost Cast Gwyneth Paltrow as Rose in 'Titanic' All this history in period films should make Kate Winslet perfect for the role of an early-20th-century socialite that falls in love with a poor boy aboard the most infamous line cruiser that ever existed, right? Well, not according to 1997 James Cameron. In an interview with GQ magazine, James Cameron reveals that he felt that casting Winslet as his protagonist would've seemed like an exceedingly obvious move.

Gwyneth Paltrow had already made a name for herself as an actress for period pieces when Titanic first came out. In 1996, she starred in her own Austen adaptation, playing the titular character in Douglas McGrath's Emma, but her resume was considerably more diversified than Winslet's. The role she became known for was that of Brad Pitt's wife in the contemporary thriller Se7en, directed by David Fincher, a movie that is quite possibly the very polar opposite of a historical drama.

 

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