Titanic’s director has FINALLY revealed why Jack couldn’t fit on the door too…

Titanic

by Emma Dodds |
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James Cameron, director of epic 1997 film Titanic, has FINALLY discussed one of the film's most contentious moments - The Door...

If you can believe it (we can't), Titanic is now 20 years old.

We know. Absolute madness.

But in all this time, there's one thing we've just never been able to get over - and that's Jack's death.

Ask anyone who has seen the film (basically everyone) what's their least favourite moment, and we can almost guarantee that they'll all say the same thing.

"There was MORE than enough room on that door for Jack to climb on too and survive!"

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We know you agree.

But after keeping schtum for 20 years, the film's director, James Cameron, has finally broken his silence on the matter.

Speaking to Vanity Fair, the director bluntly revealed that the reason Jack could not fit on the door was basically because he wanted Jack to die and that was that.

Oh. Right.

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He told the publication: "The answer is very simple - because it says on page 147 of the script that Jack dies. Very simple."

He continued: "I think it’s all kind of silly, really, that we’re having this discussion 20 years later.

"But it does show that the film was effective in making Jack so endearing to the audience that it hurts them to see him die. Had he lived, the ending of the film would have been meaningless.

"The film is about death and separation; he had to die. So whether it was that, or whether a smoke stack fell on him, he was going down. It’s called art, things happen for artistic reasons, not for physics reasons."

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Well. That's told us then!

Whilst we agree that it was a much more heartbreaking ending and it's the reason that the film has stood the test of time.

But... Still!

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