Kate Winslet Shares Intriguing Details About Titanic’s Door Scene

During a Q&A at an advance screening of Kate Winslet’s upcoming movie Lee in New York City on Monday, September 23, the infamous door moment from the 1997 film was brought up in conversation once again.

“That Was Quite An Awkward Tank”

For years, there has been a debate over whether Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, Jack Dawson, could have fit on the piece of floating balsa wood alongside Kate Winslet’s Rose Dewitt Bukater after the ship sank.

As Winslet spoke with Josh Horowitz at Monday’s event, she revealed that the water wasn’t nearly as deep as it appeared on screen, noting that it was quite easy for her to get in and out of the tank to use the bathroom while filming.

Acknowledging that DiCaprio has likely “got PTSD” from being asked about the viral door moment repeatedly, Winslet shared her thoughts on shooting the scene,  “Well that was quite an awkward tank … because to burst the bubble, it was waist height at that time.”

“So first of all, I was regularly like, ‘Can I just go for a pee?’ And then I get up, get out the door, walk to the edge of the tank, sort of 20 feet away and I literally have to fling my leg over and climb up and come and get back on the door again. It’s terrible,” she continued at N.Y.C’s Kaufmann Concert Hall.

“Anyway, yeah. So it was waist-high. Leo I’m afraid to say was kneeling down. I shouldn’t be saying anyways, Jimmy Cameron’s gonna be ringing me,” Winslet joked that she might receive a reprimand from director James Cameron for revealing some of the film’s secrets.

Reflecting On The Discomfort After Release Of The Romance Tragedy 

“Actually the thing that was amazing about the edges of the tank was it was an infinity tank. So there was constant water rushing and you could hear the constant sound of water,” she continued, adding that everyone is “entirely looped” in with “the last 22 minutes” of the movie because “you can hear this water noise the whole time.”

Winslet’s recent comments about Titanic follow an interview with PORTER published in February, where she reflected on the discomfort she experienced regarding her fame after the release of the Oscar-winning romance tragedy.

“[Titanic] continues to bring people huge amounts of joy. The only time I am like, ‘Oh God, hide,’ is if we are on a boat somewhere,” she said.

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