{"id":52209,"date":"2017-11-27T00:54:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=52209"},"modified":"2017-11-27T00:54:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:54:32","slug":"billy-zane-reveals-titanic-set-secrets-20-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=52209","title":{"rendered":"Billy Zane reveals \u2018Titanic\u2019 set secrets 20 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty years after its release, \u201cTitanic\u201d is still making waves. The blockbuster will be re-released in theaters on Friday, and the behind-the-camera memories from the notoriously overbudget and overschedule shoot, which dragged on for roughly 7 months and cost an estimated $200 million, are as entertaining as the film itself.<\/p>\n

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Billy Zane, who played Cal, the wealthy fianc\u00e9 of Rose (Kate Winslet), remembered shooting the sinking scenes in a seaside tank in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, filled with icy, 54-degree seawater. To stay warm, the actors were constantly jumping into hot tubs scattered about set between takes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt became so commonplace to just keep getting in and out of hot tubs in a tux,\u201d Zane told The Post. \u201cThen someone walks by and you just reach into a basket and you\u2019re noshing on a hot dog in a tux in a hot tub, just deadpan, without any reaction, like this is completely normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Less waterlogged scenes also posed unique challenges.<\/p>\n

Zane recalled shooting a scene in which his character yells at Rose for spending time with Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and flips the breakfast table in anger.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Kate only had two of those dresses, so all of the food and the orange juice had to hopefully fly anywhere but on her,\u201d Zane said. \u201cI think after, like, seven takes, I got maybe one drop on one of the dresses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second-unit director Jonathan Southard recalled another challenging scene with flying dishes. They did at least a dozen takes of a shot of china falling off the shelves as the ship is sinking. \u201cWe ran out of dishes,\u201d Southard told The Post.<\/p>\n

In the off-hours, there was a camplike atmosphere, thanks, in part, to the dormitory-style dressing rooms in Mexico. \u201cPeople would be in and out of each other\u2019s rooms, sharing food and movies and video games,\u201d Zane said. \u201cWhile warned to not go to this particular spot, the cast would always gather and go down for forbidden tacos and cervezas and have just the best time.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was less of a good time when they were filming in Nova Scotia, Canada, and someone laced the cast and crew\u2019s lobster chowder with PCP, sending 80 people to the hospital. Winslet and DiCaprio were reportedly spared, but even writer-director James Cameron and co-star Bill Paxton were stricken.<\/p>\n

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic<\/p>\n

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