Now, is it true that you were in contention,
and whenever I hear this, we all know what that's like.
It means it may be true,
maybe it isn't for Titanic.
So I went and red
for Titanic with Kate Winslet.
And it was not one of the just auditions,
they filmed it.
So it was into screen test time
And I left there,
Did Jim shoot it, handheld?
Did Jim shoot it, himself?
He had to have, right?
I think so, I don't remember though.
He did, Jim,
Cause I only got, like, nods from Jim,
but from the producers, and Kate, and everything
we like, after we left, you know, it was one of those ones
where they like, followed me.
And on, when we got outside, they were like,
that went great, I mean
Kinda like, hugs, I really thought it was gonna happen.
It did not. So it did not, now
I still, cause I've asked uh um
Cameron about this, cause the
the sort of gossip over the years that I've heard
and would be written about me was that
I had the role Titanic, and turned it down.
Oh, no!
Negatory.
Not, not factual.
I did not get offered that role.
Because, I've always said, I was like,
for a while there I was thinking like,
Oh, where's my, I gotta find that agent, they're in trouble.
Yeah.
Way, if I got that, well I didn't ever get the offer.
I did not ever get the offer, um
and Jim finally confirmed that. But he that got, someone
he either propped something, or someone took something
he said, and that ran for a while.
And I had to answer that question, I never got offered that
as far as I know, I'm telling you.
I did go have a good screen test, thought I had the role,
but did not get the role.
So, yeah, I was in contention.
I, we could have been a different movie.
You could have been that, and I was uh,
I screen tested for the Billy Zane, bad guy part.
Okay.
And Jim shot that, I'll never forget it.
He handheld shot at himself.
Okay. And neither one of us,
neither one of us made the cut.
But we were in the running. We were in the running.
We were, we could've been contenders, buddy.
(laughing)