Titanic by James Cameron is one of my favorite movies. It was filmed when there were no modern special effects. And the creators had to build a full-size model of the ship on their own, shoot scenes in real water, and not resort to using computer technology. All in all, it’s been epic.
But besides showing one of the greatest tragedies of the early 20th century, there are many other wonderful scenes in the film that were remembered and loved by the audience. But not all of them were originally in the script. Cameron allowed the actors to deviate from the original text if it was appropriate. And sometimes he himself shocked them, inventing scenes on the go. For example, the episode when the hero Leo DiCaprio shouts “I am the king of the world!” was taken by accident.
Or another scene. In it, tramp Jack taught the bohemian Rose to spit like a kid.
She wasn’t in the script either. But when the actors began to fool around in the frame, the director liked it so much that he decided to include this scene in the final version of the film. As a result, the film even ended up with the last unsuccessful attempt of the heroine Kate Winslet, after which she had to wipe her chin in front of her mother.
Also this episode served as a reference for another improvisation. At the end of the film, Rose, when the Titanic has already begun its dive to the bottom of the ocean, refuses to climb into the boat and runs away. Her fiancé Caledon Hockley tries to stop her. And in order to escape, Rose spits in his face.
This act came as a surprise to everyone. Including for Billy Zane, who played Rose’s fiancé. After all, according to the scenario, Rose had to prick him with a hairpin in order to escape. Therefore, the surprise that you saw on the screen is absolutely sincere.
But Winslet felt that spitting her disgust on screen would be more appropriate. As you understand, this double was the first and only.
True, there are rumors that Zane got revenge on Winslet for spitting. The scene where Caledon flips the table and yells at Rose was also rumored to be pure improvisation.
Zane’s character was originally supposed to just go around the table. But the pogrom in the moment seemed to him a more spectacular action. True, the actor himself subsequently denied this rumor.
“I would never do anything like that with glassware. It wasn’t improvisation per se, but the idea came that day. It seemed to me that it would be spectacular, ”Zane said.
As practice shows, in order to make a legendary film, it is absolutely not necessary to prescribe the script in detail. Especially if you have creative actors.
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