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The door on this debate is once again wide open.
It’s been 25 years since “Titanic” swam its way into theaters but a major question from the film continues to divide fans: Could Jack Dawson have fit on the wooden door in “Titanic?”
Viewers have often debated whether Leonardo DiCaprio’s character could have gotten on the panel with Rose DeWitt Bukater (played by Kate Winslet) after the 1912 ship sinks and the guests are treading in the icy waters.
Rose lives as she climbs safely aboard the door while Jack forces himself in the name of love to stay in the freezing water and died (most probably due to hypothermia).
The war of words over the door has been reignited after TikToker Jtallan posted a video showing the prop from the 1997 James Cameron romantic epic being held at Planet Hollywood at Disney Springs, in Disney World Resort, Florida.
The user captioned his viral clip, “Did you know this? I love the history and facts in #disney.” “Did you know the wooden panel used in the movie ‘Titanic’ is located in Disney Springs?” the video’s text said. The user filmed a plaque showing a photo of Jack and Rose on the board.
Viewers, of course, took to the comments to fire away their thoughts on the prop and the infamous timber entryway. Several noted if there actually was — or wasn’t — room for Jack.
“Oh damn I take it back—there was only room for one person,” one person stated. But another fired back, “They could’ve both fit.”
Another added, “So maybe they both couldn’t fit after all.” Someone then wrote, “And I will always say there is room for two on there hahahahahah.”
“Maybe there wasn’t room for two of them. Looks a lot smaller,” a fan wrote. “This wooden panel is the real hero of the movie lol,” one quipped.
Cameron, 67, isn’t a big fan of the debate himself and has stated in the past he thinks it’s “stupid.” The “Avatar” director told BBC Radio 1 in 2019 that he “never really seen it as a debate.”
“But if you really want to unearth all the dumbass arguments associated with it, I mean, let’s go back. I mean, yes—could Romeo have been smart and not taken the poison? Yes,” Cameron said, citing DiCaprio’s 1996 romance drama “Romeo + Juliet.”
Cameron continued, “Could he have decided not to bring his little dagger, just in case Juliet might stab herself with it? Yes, absolutely. It sort of misses the point.”
However, in a 2017 discussion with Vanity Fair, the Canadian filmmaker set the record straight about the door.
“The answer is very simple because it says on page 147 [of the script] that Jack dies,” he explained. He also added that it was “very silly” that people are still questioning the scene over two decades later.
Cameron went on: “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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