Danes clarified she has 'zero regrets' about turning down the role, explaining: 'I was really clear about it, I wasn't conflicted. I was feeling eager to have different creative experiences and that felt like a repeat and it was going to propel me towards something that I knew I didn't have the resources to cope with.
I wasn't,' the actress said of turning down the role that eventually went to Kate Winslet opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. Claire Danes is opening up about passing on starring as Rose DeWitt Bukater in the iconic 1997 film, Titanic, even though there was apparently "strong interest" in her playing the part.
What actress turned down the lead role in Titanic?
CLAIRE Danes has opened up about passing up on the role of a lifetime when she turned down the chance to play Rose in Titanic. The Homeland actress revealed why she doesn't regret her decision while guesting on the popular celebrity podcast, Armchair Expert.
Claire Danes almost starred as Leonardo DiCaprio's love interest again in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. The pair previously starred as star-crossed lovers in Baz Luhrmann's modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the year before Titanic released.
Matthew McConaughey Could've Played Jack In Titanic
Before Leonardo DiCaprio was cast as Jack Dawson, many actors were considered, but Cameron felt that most were too old to play the role of a 20-year-old.
Why Claire Danes Didn’t Want to Star in “Titanic” (2015)
Would Jack have jumped after Rose?
Another bluff was when Jack found Rose about to jump off the ship: Jack famously told Rose that if she jumped, he would jump after her, but he never had that intention as that wouldn't have accomplished anything except killing both.
From the outset, the Titanic captured the public's imagination. At the time, it was one of the largest and most opulent ships in the world. It was also considered unsinkable, due to a series of compartment doors that could be closed if the bow was breached.
You probably wouldn't be that surprised to learn that Kate Winslet's iconic nude scene in Titanic employed the use of a body double, but it wasn't why you'd most likely think.
This video clip from 'What Happened After' looks at the life of Fredrick Fleet, the infamous lookout aboard the Titanic who first saw the iceberg that would sink the ship.
Anyone who's seen "Titanic" remembers the old couple prepared to go down with the ship together. They're based on Isidor and Ida Straus, a real couple who died in the 1912 sinking. Their descendant, Wendy Rush, is married to OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who is aboard the Titan.
Who almost played Jack in Titanic? Prior to DiCaprio's casting, a whole host of stars were considered that Cameron ultimately passed on because he thought they were too old to play the 20-year-old Jack – including Chris O'Donnell, Billy Crudup, and Stephen Dorff.
Even, Danes admitted in an interview that she adored DiCaprio and thought he was incredible. However, the 48-year-old actor never accepted her feelings, and instead, avoided her outside of filming. At the time, DiCaprio's dismissive behavior toward Danes might have come across as icy or even unprofessional.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson. Cameron said he needed the cast to feel they were really on the Titanic, to relive its liveliness, and "to take that energy and give it to Jack, ... an artist who is able to have his heart soar".
She further commented on the chemistry between the film's two leads: "I liked [DiCaprio] tremendously and admired his work, but luckily I was immune from his groin charms, unlike poor Claire Danes, then only 17.
At age 12 Danes was offered a role in the soap opera All My Children but turned it down, worried that the show would hamper her development as an actress. Instead, she made her TV debut in 1992, appearing as a teen murderer in an episode of Law & Order.
How much did a first class ticket cost on Titanic?
First-class tickets on the Titanic ranged in price from £30 ($4,350 today) for a simple berth, up to £870 ($126,000 today) for a luxurious parlor suite. These prices varied depending on the specific accommodations and the distance of the journey.
Bruce Ismay, in full Joseph Bruce Ismay, (born December 12, 1862, Crosby, near Liverpool, England—died October 17, 1937, London), British businessman who was chairman of the White Star Line and who survived the sinking of the company's ship Titanic in 1912.
On April 14, after four days at sea the Titanic collided with a jagged iceberg at 11:40 p.m. Because it was dark that night, and the lookouts in the crow's nest didn't have binoculars with them since they were locked up, they didn't see the iceberg until it was too late.
The body of an adult male, whose personal identification revealed he was "J. Dawson," was found at sea after Titanic sank. Bodies were numbered in the order they were recovered. Dawson's body was number 227.
Yes, he could have fit on that door, but it would not have stayed afloat. It wouldn't.” In the second test, Cameron again fit both Jack and Rose on the raft but positioned their bodies so that their upper halves (which includes vital organs) remained out of the water.
As reported by IMDb, the leading actress of the movie, Kate Winslet was paid $2 million for her role of Rose DeWitt Bukater. Not yet a big name in the industry, Winslet's pay was actually just half a million less than Leonardo DiCaprio who earned a base salary of $2.5 million.
Did anyone survive the Titanic that was not in a lifeboat?
In researching his genealogy he has connected with distant cousins who descended from his grandmother Evelyn Kearney Connors side of the family. It was her sister, Edna Kearney Murray who survived the sinking of the Titanic but it wasn't in an overloaded lifeboat.
How long did it take Titanic to hit the ocean floor?
At 2:29, the bow struck the bottom of the ocean. Falling nearly vertical at about 4 mph, the stern crashed into the ocean floor 27 minutes later. The two pieces of the Titanic lie 2,000 feet apart, pointing in opposite directions beneath 12,500 feet of water.
After the Titanic hit an iceberg and began to sink, Hartley and his fellow band members started playing music to help keep the passengers calm as the crew loaded the lifeboats. Many of the survivors said that Hartley and the band continued to play until the very end.
