Kate Winslet reveals another bombshell secret about Titanic’s infamous door scene-Danni Scott-Entertainment – Metro

Kate Winslet had some devastating news about that door scene (Picture: 20th Century Fox/Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

It’s been 27 years and we’re still all fascinated by that slightly too-small door in Titanic but Kate Winslet has some shocking news.

The controversial scene has become hotly debated over the years with fans wondering what could have been if only Rose (Winslet) had left space for her lover.

It’s so iconic that director James Cameron even did a documentary exploring whether there was actually enough room for Jack on the door.

Tragically, Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, slips away into the ocean but turns out in reality the water was only about ‘waist height’.

The 48-year-old star even admitted her co-star has probably ‘got PTSD’ from being asked about the door so often.

‘Well that was quite an awkward tank,’ she shared while at a Q&A for her new film Lee. ‘Because to burst the bubble, it was waist height at that time.’

She revealed the water wasn’t very deep at all (Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage)

The water was only waist high – a far cry from the depths of the ocean (Picture: 20th Century Fox/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock)

As the New York screener audience sat in shock over the bombshell, Kate continued: ‘So first of all, I was regularly like, “Can I just go for a pee?” And then I get up, get off 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,’ the Holiday icon added as she spoke about the toilet complications to Josh Horowitz at the event on Monday, September 23.

‘Anyway, yeah,’ Kate continued. ‘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.’

Spilling some extra secrets, she revealed in the last 22 minutes everybody was ‘entirely looped’ with the water noise from the tank.

Fans have long discussed how Jack could have fit on the door (Picture: 20th Century Fox/Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

She explained: ‘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.’

While it’s now unimaginable that anyone else could take on the iconic role, James confessed Gwyneth Paltrow or Winona Ryder could have been Rose.

‘It seemed like lazy casting,’ he told Variety. ‘But then wiser heads prevailed, and I could see what everybody was talking about.

‘She’s very alive. She comes into a room with a great deal of confidence, and she’s got that spark of life.’

Kate is now starring in the film Lee, which sees her strip down for empowering nude scenes under the helm of a female director. 

Kate is now starring in Lee (Picture: Kimberley French/©Sky UK Ltd. All Rights Reserved)

‘It was really different actually, largely because we automatically knew that whenever we do show Lee naked or partially clothed, it’s always on her terms,’ Winslet told Metro.co.uk.

Winslet added: ‘So making the story about a woman as women was an enormous privilege and, of course, the energy that we’re able to put into it, our femininity which I think, Lee Miller kind of redefined what femininity is and this is 80 years ago. 

‘For her it was resilience, courage and compassion and power, and things that matter to us now in this ever-changing culture and I just have so much admiration for what she did, what she witnessed, the courage that she had and this particular decade of her life that we cover in the film I think these were her defining years when she really came into her truest self and never looked back.’ 

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