{"id":49535,"date":"2025-08-07T04:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49535\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T04:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:29:11","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-allegedly-lost-titanic-role-due-to-audition-comment-to-james-cameron-new-book-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49535\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey allegedly lost Titanic role due to audition comment to James Cameron, new book claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to iconic roles there are some big ones, and there’s one that got away from Matthew McConaughey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Turns out the 55-year-old was in the running to be cast as Jack Dawson in Titanic, but one moment from his audition cost him the gig.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An excerpt from the film’s producer Jon Landau’s posthumous book, The Bigger Picture, which was included in journalist Matthew Belloni’s newsletter, What I’m Hearing, reveals what allegedly went down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Matthew McConaughey was up for a role in Titanic but a new book claims one refusal cost him. (Getty)<\/p>\n

“We brought him in to do a scene with Kate [Winslet]. You want to check for chemistry, not just how people look on film but how they interact,” Landau writes in his memoir, per the newsletter.<\/p>\n

“Kate was taken with Matthew, his presence and charm. Matthew did the scene with the drawl.”<\/p>\n

The Southern accent was one thing, but director James Cameron, now 70, reportedly suggested that they “try it a different way”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"LeonardoThe role ultimately went to Leonardo DiCaprio. (Paramount)<\/p>\n

Jack, the main character in Titanic, was meant to be an orphaned man from Wisconsin, trying to make his way back to the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, the suggestion from Cameron didn’t go down well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Landau claimed that McConaughey flat-out told Cameron, “No. That was pretty good. Thanks,” in response to the accent change.<\/p>\n

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\"MatthewMatthew McConaughey allegedly refused to do another accent during his audition. (Getty)<\/p>\n

The role ultimately went to Leonardo DiCaprio \u2013 but even he didn’t impress Cameron during his first audition.<\/p>\n

In 2022 Cameron spoke about casting for Jack and recalled what happened with DiCaprio’s impromptu test in an interview with GQ<\/a><\/p>\n

The Oscar-winning filmmaker asked DiCaprio to read the script and he replied, “Oh, I don’t read.”<\/p>\n

\ufeffCameron wasn’t having it, and told him that if he didn’t read, he wouldn’t get the part.<\/p>\n

Reluctantly, DiCaprio agreed to run through lines and it worked out well for him, smashing the audition and landing the role.<\/p>\n

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