Talk about a twist of fate. Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey says that he was almost cast as Jack in the megahit Titanic back in 1997 but unfortunately, was not offered the role. Instead, it went to fellow Hollywood heartthrob, Leonardo di Caprio. Here’s what he has to say.
Matthew recently opened up about his audition for Jack in the Titanic movie while on the Literally! with Rob Lowe podcast. He went on the record to clarify exactly what happened during his audition.
“So I went and read with Kate Winslet [who starred as Rose] and it was not one of the auditions — they filmed it so it was like into screen test time,” McConaughey, 51, explained. “After we left, you know, it was one of those ones where they, like, followed me and when we got outside they were like, ‘That went great.’ I mean, kind of like hugs. I really thought it was going to happen. It did not.”
Was Matthew McConaughey Almost Cast In Titanic?
However, there were some rumors that suggested Matthew was given the role, but that he had to turn it down. The actor says that is simply not true.
“I asked [James] Cameron about this, because the gossip over the years that I heard and would see written about me was that I had the [lead] role in ‘Titanic’ and turned it down,” McConaughey recalled. “Not factual. I did not get offered that role.”
“For a while I was saying, ‘I gotta find that agent. They’re in trouble,’” the actor recalled. “I did not ever get the offer.”
This isn’t the first time that Matthew McConaughey had to set the record straight. Back in 2018, he told the Hollywood Reporters, “I went and auditioned for that. I wanted that. I auditioned with Kate Winslet. Had a good audition. Walked away from there pretty confident that I had it. I didn’t get it. I never got offered that.”
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