Kate Winslet makes this revelation about the famous door

It was a film that marked the box office and became a cultural phenomenon around the world, becoming the biggest success in the history of cinema on a global scale for twelve years. We are talking about Titanic directed by James Cameron. In this production, there is a famous scene which has fueled many conversations: the famous door scene. The actress Kate Winslet has just put an end to this preconceived idea about her.

The door scene in Titanic sparks many theories

It’s a scene that everyone remembers. After the sinking of the Titanic, Kate and Jack find themselves in freezing water. The young man finds a door that floats and puts the young woman played by Kate Winslet on it so that she doesn’t freeze to death. For the millions of spectators, there was plenty of room for both characters and thus avoid the death of Jack played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

The cult scene sparked so much discussion among fans thatshe pushed director James Cameron to commission a scientific study to determine whether or not there was enough room on that door.

Kate Winslet shares this new secret around the Titanic door

The British actress has often returned to this sequence of the film through the multiple interviews she has given. Kate Winslet previously explained that the water was not as deep as the film makes it appear on screen. For example, the water only came up to DiCaprio’s waist who was on his knees throughout the scene.

Today, more than 25 years after the cardboard TitanicKate Winslet has just put an end to a preconceived idea about the famous door in this sequence which has unleashed so many theories among fans. On the occasion of the promotion of his new film entitled Lee Miller, the actress revealed on Australian television that the door wasn’t really a door :

You know, what I will say that’s really interesting is that people keep referring to it as a door. In fact, it wasn’t even a door.

Kate Winslet states that what everyone takes as a door was in reality an element of the decor like a piece of staircase or banister. In March 2024, this object from the film was put up for auction and was reached the incredible sum of 663,000 euros.

Is it that will this revelation from Kate Winslet about the door revive discussions among fans of the film? It doesn’t matter because for James Cameron, Jack had to die.