PHOTOSDirector James Cameron Reveals The Famous ‘Titanic’ Line Leonardo DiCaprio Hated
Feb. 8 2019, Updated 3:51 p.m. ET
The director of Titanic, James Cameron, recently sat down for an interview where he opened up about a particular line Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't too fond of while filming the historic movie. Scroll through to find out which one!
While James, 64, went on to shout, "I’m the king of the world!” while accepting an Oscar at the 1998 Academy Awards, Leo, 44, apparently wasn't so ecstatic about the memorable line during filming.
As fans know, the sentence is said during the famous scene when Jack (Leo) and his good friend, Fabrizio (Danny Nucci) are at the bow of the ship.
“It was made up on the spot. I was in a crane basket, and we were losing the light. I had tried this and we had tried that, tried this line and that line and it was just coming up snake eyes,” the director told BBC.
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James went on, "And I said, ‘All right, I’ve got one for you. Just say, 'I’m the king of the world,' and just spread your arms out wide and just be in the moment and just love it and just celebrate it and love it.’ And Leo goes, ‘What?’”
The Avatar filmmaker then shared that he could tell almost immediately that The Wolf of Wall Street actor wasn't a huge fan. He told Leo, "Just say, 'I’m the king of the world,' but you’ve got to sell it! Leo replied ‘What?!’ So I said, ‘Just f**king sell it.'"
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